IT Myths That Seem to Persist
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Windows patches break stuff, and should only be install as needed.
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If you turn Windows Firewall on, you don't need a hardware firewall.
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That an archive is a backup!
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That old versions of software are more mature than more recent releases of the same software.
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That you should wait until an SP1 release before deploying Windows.
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That Windows 2000 (NT 5) was the successor to Windows 98.
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That anything using a command line is Linux. Or that anything using a command line is DOS.
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That everyone in IT knows everything about <subject>.
There are specialties that most people focus on people, just because it runs on a computer doesn't mean we know anything beyond installing the software. IE how to use the software. (it's why you were hired...)
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That processes like anti-virus scanning, encryption, deduplication, replication, etc should have no performance impact.
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Mac OS can't get viruses.
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@DustinB3403 said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That files "just disappear" from <location>
They do! Just ask GitLab.
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@Mike-Davis said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
If you turn Windows Firewall on, you don't need a hardware firewall.
Or the other way around: You don't need a client firewall (or any other) because there's an edge firewall on your network.
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@DustinB3403 said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That everyone in IT knows everything about <subject>.
There are specialties that most people focus on people, just because it runs on a computer doesn't mean we know anything beyond installing the software. IE how to use the software. (it's why you were hired...)
I always try to explain that with medical analogies: You don't want a dentist at your heart surgery and vice versa.
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You don't need an AV on servers.
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@Jimmy9008 said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
You don't need an AV on servers.
Or that you DO need AV on Linux.
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That it was working fine yesterday and nothing was changed.
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@dpaquette said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That it was working fine yesterday and nothing was changed.
That's a good one. As if things in IT can't age.
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@dpaquette said in IT Myths That Seem to Persist:
That it was working fine yesterday and nothing was changed.
I always respond with "Yes, things typically work great until they don't"
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That Linux is an OS
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That Linux isn't the best option for your grandparents.
