The Dock That Was Never Connected Mort gets summoned because a docking station has stopped working. The dock is healthy. The one cable it needs is lying beside it. #MortRoot #DockingStation #ITProblems #Helpdesk #TechHumor

The Restart Nobody Wanted A computer keeps restarting at inconvenient moments. Mort discovers months of ignored updates waiting patiently for revenge. #MortRoot #ComputerUpdates #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #TechHumor

The Upside Down Desktop Mort gets called upstairs because an entire desktop has flipped upside down. The computer is fine. Gravity has not changed. Someone found a display setting. #MortRoot #DisplayProblems #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #TechHumor

The Scanner Made a Collection A ten page document becomes ten separate image files. Mort discovers that the scanner is using a single image format instead of a multipage document format. #MortRoot #ScannerHelp #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #OfficeHumor

The Backward Mouse Every normal click opens the wrong menu. Mort discovers that the right mouse button has been selected as the primary button. #MortRoot #MouseSettings #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #TechHumor #TechSupport #fyp #deadinside #ComputerProblems #ITProblems

The Vanishing Zeros Product codes lose the zeros at the beginning of every entry. Mort finds that the spreadsheet is treating the codes as ordinary numbers. #MortRoot #SpreadsheetHelp #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #OfficeHumor #TechSupport #TechHumor #fyp #deadinside #ComputerProblems #ITProblems

The Invisible Email Pictures An email arrives with empty spaces where its pictures should be. Mort discovers that automatic downloading of external images is blocked for privacy. #MortRoot #EmailImages #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #TechHumor #TechSupport #fyp #deadinside #ComputerProblems #ITProblems

The Missing Second Screen Mort is called to restore a missing second monitor. The display has not failed. It has simply lost its only connection to reality. #MortRoot #MonitorProblems #Helpdesk #ITProblems #TechHumor

The Vanishing Shared Drive A department reports that an important shared drive has vanished. Mort discovers the network is working perfectly. The employee is simply nowhere near it. #MortRoot #NetworkProblems #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #OfficeHumor

The Presentation Is Paused Everyone sees the same frozen slide while the presenter keeps talking. Mort finds that screen sharing was paused several minutes ago. #MortRoot #ScreenSharing #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #TechHumor

The Printer Wants a Release A finished print job never appears. Mort discovers that secure printing is patiently waiting for someone to release it at the machine. #MortRoot #SecurePrint #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #OfficeHumor

The Muted Microphone Crisis Mort receives another urgent meeting problem. The microphone is working perfectly. Unfortunately, so is the mute switch. #MortRoot #MicrophoneProblems #SysAdmin #Helpdesk #TechHumor

Eight Years of Important Email Mort investigates an email account that refuses to accept anything new. Apparently every newsletter since the beginning of time is still considered essential. #MortRoot #EmailProblems #Helpdesk #ITProblems #OfficeHumor

The Webcam Emergency Mort is called to investigate a dead webcam moments before an important meeting. One tiny piece of plastic has defeated the entire office. #MortRoot #WebcamProblems #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #OfficeHumor

The Mystery of the Missing Sound Mort gets an urgent complaint about a computer that has suddenly gone silent. The cause turns out to be sitting directly beside it. #MortRoot #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #ITProblems #TechHumor #deadinside #fyp

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The Printer Has Run Out of Something Mysterious Another urgent printer emergency reaches Mort's basement. The complicated technical failure turns out to involve a revolutionary substance known as paper. #MortRoot #PrinterProblems #Helpdesk #ITProblems #TechHumor

The Mysterious Case of the Wrong Password A password suddenly stops working for absolutely no reason. Mort investigates and discovers that the computer has committed the terrible crime of expecting the new password. #MortRoot #PasswordProblems #Helpdesk #SysAdmin #TechHumor