# Cannot find server

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-find-server/426430>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 14, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-find-server/426430 "2007-11-14T22:00:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-find-server/426430/21 "2007-11-15T20:25:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Miller]  
So you found the server?  
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We found **a** server. Pretty fast, too.

The code from the backup was pretty old. It was missing a change I’d made months ago.

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**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-find-server/426430/22 "2007-11-15T20:30:14Z")

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[QUOTE=Mikemike2]  
Oh, I thought this thread was going to be about the message I get once a day or so when trying to log into the dope. That thread I could get into.  
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Huh… I actually haven’t had any trouble with the Dope for the better part of a year now.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-find-server/426430/23 "2007-11-15T20:39:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF]  
Huh… I actually haven’t had any trouble with the Dope for the better part of a year now.  
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Funny, it’s been giving me a lot of grief today.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannot-find-server/426430/24 "2007-11-15T23:26:36Z")

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I built some mongo-sized Excel toys that are integral to theoperation of my department and our counterparts in 5 other states. Actually got some bonuses and recognition for the work thankyouverymuch. Came in to work one day and had about a dozen e-mails all asking “Dude? WTF won’t the app run?” I check the server and, sho’nuff the toybox is empty! Call to the IT guy (not MY IT guy, he’s a dope. Called the IT guy from the department I used to work in) and 4 hours later he retreives the toys from last night’s backup. Whew!

Solution?

In addition to the primary shared drive location I’ve got backups on my PC C:/ drive, on my server file, and I’ve e-mailed them to myself at home in case some corporate-sized hackers slay the company. This has paid off–I’ve had to load from my own backups TWICE in the last year. None of the IT guys can/will say who’s deleting the stuff. But now it’s just a minor annoyance and not a Big Old Thang. Pretty sure “Marge the Clueless Fuck” works here too. Or maybe her seestor.

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