Comments on: Help! A simple method for getting back-up help to the reference desk

By: ????? ???? ???????

????? ???? ??????? — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:49:16 +0000

This “help button” sure sounds like a great idea, especially as you said it would assist where reference librarians’ offices are spread out. Nice thinking. :)

By: yoyosamo

yoyosamo — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:38:41 +0000

Hi,
Just wondering, will this work on Windows 7
and what are the commands?

By: Bill Helman

Bill Helman — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:29:42 +0000

I would think that you could achieve a similar outcome, using MSN Messenger with a macro (from Macro Express, for instance).

Great idea, though!

By: Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:33:23 +0000

My network administrator noted that XP service pack 2 shuts down the net send command as a security risk. The command can be reenabled at the workstation level, as it will be here since the idea of a “help” icon seems quite popular.

Of course, we will also do a second icon, one with the message “call campus security to the reference desk.” The only drawback to the simple panic button message is that no information about the nature of the emergency is conveyed.