Who is the Windows Administrator?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Alan wants to print in colour, but to do that, he has to see the administrator
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I love how Alan isn't surprised, he is mildly interested
If you worked there as long as he has would you be surprised by anything anymore?
@@jemherondale4259 exactly my point
This is what has me chortling too
kinda surprised alan didn't ask him to hang out more over beers etc.
I think Alan is just used to Rowan's odd behavior =)
"YOU SHALL NOT PRINT!" The Administrator
To be honest, its more a printer thing that happen E.V.E.R.Y freaking day....
He is missing yellow for a black and white print
@@bastiallwin8576 LOL yeah, thats true (or he simply dont want to print a this precise moment).
But only in 4:3
To be fair, he's protecting you from the demons that reside inside the printers. Printers ARE EVIL
I absolutely love Adam’s switch from Adam to goblin.
That was great! lol
hahahha
i lost it when they were going down the stairs XD
Not a goblin. Igor.
Golum.
Sys admin here. If you want to print color, please open a ticket and don't come to me directly.
Regular end user here. If you want to avoid these kinds of tickets, just let people print in colour from the get-go. It's 2024.
@@Hirotoro4692 It would imply giving them other rights. This is forbidden. You're asking for power that is too powerful for a mere human.
I was about to say, if it were me they'd have to drop a ticket but I promise we respond within 2 hours!
I submitted my ticket 3 weeks ago, and no one has looked at it.
@@SCNewbCaster Oh no. They've LOOKED at it, they just haven't bothered doing anything about it yet. :D
I'm just waiting for the Agent Smith of this universe to destroy Alan by telling him, "You can't print in color... The printer is out of magenta."
Or if it's a HP, "You can't print black and white since the yellow is empty"
Your ink subscription has to be renewed. You only have 740 hours left, which exceeds your extended warranty, so for no particular reason.. *ACCESS DENIED*
"... is out of Magenta." *glances at Rowan*.
CYAN!!! seriously, you can't do grey scale without cyan? CYAN!!!
and then Alan is like: "... whoa!..."
administrator actually seems like a chill guy, Alan probably would enjoy hanging out with him
As a scp fan, I was thinking something VERY different.
Same intensity tho😂
I dunno, I was picking up a very distinct hermit vibe
...if you're socially isolated for too long...you can still do or say a few normal things in an interaction...but very shortly the crazy starts emerging, lol
@@norman2.0SCP?
@@feral_shade SCP Foundation. It's a fun horror wiki of many original eldritch beings.
@@InvisiblerApple Is that where Slender Man came from?
as an IT person I love that they go downstairs to the administrator. I have worked in way too many basements in my career. None were that bright though.
THE IT CROWD IS REAL!?!?
Maybe you need to grind up some more RAM sticks...
OSHA had them install some halogen lamps.
were there any basements that were bright?
You gotta put IT in the basement. Windows let viruses in.
The differences between the fawning of Rowan and Adam and Alan's near disinterest and unawed manner is hilarious. Coupled with THE ADMINISTRATOR barely acknowledging the first two. Loved it.
Just needed the Admin to start talking about DOS and Alan to talk back, understanding for the circle to be complete, lol.
"I dont think you'll even be able to see this subtitle". love it.
where time stamp?
Watch is in video @@codeblogger5582
@@codeblogger55821:34, when the screen goes white..
good job then, i didn't
@@codeblogger5582 1:34
The Administrator is so powerful, he can pause games by shoving his finger into a disk drive
Some say he can even grant the forbidden power to pause online games
Fool! He ate RAM for breakfast
@@axel493lol Every mom on earth would applause to him
@@axel493lol Back in the day quake let any player pause. Much to the annoyance of other players when used online.
@@toseeupload8855 Without any milk
Not often I laugh out loud but Adam going full igor/gollum sent me.
God John Callen is good.
Reminded me of Renfield from Dracula: Dead and loving it.
Annnnnd... the Windows Administrator is using an Apple Macintosh computer, LOL. 😂
Blasphemy, heretic...
I don't believe in the administrator, only in the sacred super user
Hackintosh, free from Apple's shackles.
Looking through the comments I was wondering why no one was pointing this out. Seems like a significant detail. 😅
"Full unending power built to serve a god and yet... a prisoner."
That's deep
If only he was allowed to spend all the money in the world to buy upgrades
The administrator is a genie
Cold line icl
Its also a genie. Full ending power but a prisoner of the lamp, right? 🤣
Being super nit-picky here, but there should be a semicolon after the word serve. He isn't saying he was built to serve a god, he's saying he was built to serve and IS a god, but also a prisoner. So "Full unending power, built to serve; a god, and yet....a prisoner".
This is how you look as an IT specialist to normal breathing and thinking employees. Mere mortals cannot fathom the great power that comes with admin access.
And with "the black box of power" (command prompt). Or when "the true chosen one" opens PowerShell, that is when the fun really begins.
Hahaha, when I worked as IT in my university, a professor keep pretend to do this and my boss said "He just want the best PC parts or computer available for his department" and he plays along ;p
And still users think we just play games all day waiting for their calls.
I am so happy that i am not in service desk anymore. 😂
Ah... but we do play all day...@@fantomshepherd
We are but Samurai
When Adam suddenly became a hunchback, I just died. 🤣🤣 Two thumbs up!!
"YOU SHALL NOT PRINT!"-. Gandalf the administrator
It's Matrix....
Gandalf the Out-of-Magenta
The fact that Rowan and Adam are terrified of the Administrator shows there is something else hidden beneath the benevolence he showed Alan.
I will point out that you are talking about Rowan and Adam. Rowan could be terrified by a game of peekaboo.
It's called Permissions, controlled by the arcane art known as Active Directory. The administrator giveth, but he can also taketh away.
Y’all are amazing ❤
I think it's like cavemen watching technology. They would be scared even by artificial light
He has been observing young Alan and has chosen him as his successor.
Meanwhile, whilst Alan and Adam are with Rowan, Ben is ransacking the store dressed as a shelf.
I'm calling it now! We need a Christmas episode for Elf on a shelf. Same set-up, but this time with an elf strapped on it. Ben can voice the elf telling people what to put on the shelf 'in the spirit of Christmas' 😂
To borrow a line from my favorite French series (Kaamelott)
"It's systematically stupid, but it's always unexpected!" I love it 😂
Ha Kaamelott :D Épisode: unagi ;) Quand ils s’entrainent à la case :D
This NEEDS to become a series ending in an epic battle against an Optimecanical Monstrum called The Epson™Brother™ that has aquired a High Power Ink Canon™ (in short: HP™ Inc.) that the protagonists have failed to protect (against the administrator's advice) in a previous Episode due to a devious subscription lockdown charade making them believe it could never be functional.
What got me was the fact that Adam was acting like a Igor or Gollum
He gave more of an Igor vibe than Gollum. He was still standing and not on all fours and he was mimicking a hunch)
@@SebastienGendron-uk4po I figured that was the type of vibe that I was feeling but I wasn't quite fully sure at first
Igor fetch me the keys!
It's actually "Ygor". You can see the name in "The Son of Frankenstein" with Basil Rathbone.
Exactly.
Fortunately it has been years since I had to discover the arcane process of giving yourself "administrator priviledges" over my own computer, but the surreality of seeing an error message mention the "administrator" as if it were some other person when you know perfectly well that only one person owns and uses the machine sticks with you.
Yeah: when I saw the title I was questioning if it should be windows-specific.
Even XKCD 838 talks about the "This incident will be reported." message from sudo.
@@jamesphillips2285 Actually, I happen to be the guy who's been filing the reports for all those incidents for the past 40 years. You're welcome.
Fun fact: the administrator account on Windows is actually not THE actual true admin account with full 0 level access. That's a whole other process to get to on most machines.
Honestly, even in a home environment where you are the administrator for your computer, you should probably not use the admin account for daily tasks (especially browsing the internet). If you are using a standard user account and it gets compromised, the level of access over your machine is (theoretically) very limited. If your admin account gets compromised, it can lead to all kinds of problems.
@@Kefroth1 If your store-bought laptop or pc came with windows, 99% likely it's not a pro version that gives you the option to make alternate accounts with pseudo-admin features. Note that in Linux, this is the default for many installer packages.
XD As a former Windows Admin and Server Admin myself, this was cracking me up. I was in the attic though, not the basement (server closet was on the 3rd floor and my office was IN the server closet) and I granted NO permissions except to certain upper level staff, because mostly the computers were also used by the public. (Public Library system IT person).
He probably can see your search history if he has access to every computer access
E621 for some. uwu
There's a series called "Bastard Operator from Hell".
One of his favourite tricks is to mail the search history of annoying callers (almost everyone who isn't hot or disrupts him doing something important like playing online or watching porn) to everyone in the company.
Or "back up" their data to dev/null
@@mathgasm8484owo
"Time to pown some newbs." 🤣
He speaks the OLD Gamer tongue, long since lost, buried in the gaming forums of old!
"Pwn" my friend.
ah also, for a little service:
"pure pwnage" is something you should visit again some time soon.
❤❤❤
As soon as i heard this i had flashbacks of pure pwnage, and i already know Viva are fans of that era, so it would be fun to have a collab with jeremy and kyle somehow. Maybe Viva is meant to reunite the interwebs
old 😢 looks like yesterday
@@3Clod 😭
1:09 Not gonna lie, the shot of the keys' shadow being the first to be visible is pretty damn great
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thank you for not lying to us
Loved the music they chose as well.
And the camera being slightly tilted to give that "Batman villain" feel!
"Yes Master" ... adam getting straight into character was funny 😂
I love how Adam turns full Goblin the moment he gives the keys 😂😂😂😂
I don't think they were aiming for goblin. The way he holds the keys and light I think this was a homage to old horror movies where the master/landlord/villain always has a crooked, weird butler/servant/minion.
I love that the Windows admin sits by an old Apple xD
It's used as a lightning rod. When something in the system wants to crash, he routes it through the Apple. Since the Apple is already crashed, because it is an Apple, the software decides it has successfully crashed, and goes back to working normally.
@@Ryvaken why does this sound so much like something Douglas Adams would write?! 🤣
@@atuin5149 Or Terry Pratchett! Kind of like the 1 in 1million chance happening 9 times out of 10.
@@Ryvaken That sounds RISCy to me
@@InvisiblerApple The one in a million chance happening 9 times out of 10 only happens to Rincewind though... and the 1 in 10 that it doesn't happen, it's because it would be lucky to get the one in a million.
Adam's transition to the hunchback servant was fantastic! plus the mighty explosion to print in colour...followed by a watercooler burble...freakin' magic! 🤣
Bored: Reloaded 😁 Absolutely loving the references!
I love how Alan knows better than to question why Adam all of a sudden starts to act like a wretched henchman.
I was not expecting the administrator to be so…. awe inspiring!!!
I think he is as same as the guild master, from the epic npc man series imho.
@@emanueletintori1229 _Yeah, John Callen is a bit of a legend!_
He’s acting royalty in Aotearoa nz. Kinda of that voice you recognise from somewhere voice
For real
@@MrSlaidback like Keith David?
1:19 adam looks like a goblin straight out of D&D leading you to his dungeon lol
Ironically this is more likely what your actual admin looks like.
I was kinda thinking Igor from Frankenstein.
Igor
Gollum by any chance?
@@emanueletintori1229yeah
The Administrator's arch nemesis: Root. ( a.k.a. the Super User )
the actor who plays the administrator is amazing. i hope we see more of him in the future :D
It's always a treat to see John Callen guest-star on a skit! His last roles on Epic NPC Man were fantastic.
Especially The guild master. I was hoping that he had a role in the witcher logic too, but he did not.❤
I love all his cameo skits.
Combat Training in games.
Silent Hero 2.
And now new favourite
next test. again!
John is so skilled! He's comedy gold!!!
"I don't even think you'll be able to see this subtitle"
WE SAW IT!
1:34
Haha i was looking for this comment - we foiled their plans! Mwahahaha
@@PirateParadoxsame
I love John Callen in every skit he does with you! Him as the weapon training instructor was perfect ^.^
This is honestly the best commercial you guys ever done for your merch. I literally just bought a mug.
Yup, the basement and the door were definitely there the whole time
Of course they were!
One of my favorite bits in this skit was seeing the Architect - oops! Sorry! - the Administrator grind up that computer chip with a mortar and pestle.
Don’t say Architect… he’s definitely not the architect… we didn’t base this entire skit on the matrix
@@VivaLaDirtLeague obviously not - you clearly couldn't choose between the red pill or the blue pill and therefore included both in your logo!
@@VivaLaDirtLeague Clearly this obscure unknown movie has never been referenced in any way, line or frame in any skits of the VLDL extended universes. It's not like I can think of at least two "he's begininning to believe", that would make VLDL some kind of geeks or something, and we can't have that, clearly
@@florianpasselaigue6115 There was also the "Not like this!" from PUBG Logic.
Sacrificing a DRAM module was definitely a nice touch for the skit. Though usually when we're sacrificing those to the Administrator it's to run the pseudo-security bloatware that actually decreases overall security by intentionally subverting multiple security features of the operating system.
The actor for the administrator is phenomenal, I'm so glad he joined y'alls team! I love to see new videos from y'all!
2:11 ~moan~ *That's Rowan" 😂
Alan isn't out of the woods yet; he still has to journey to the Office Administrator to get the key to the Stationery Cupboard.
All these years, and the admin never got a new computer. Yep, he's IT all right.
Well if it ain't broke don't fix it and considering modern day computers are getting prone to that I don't blame him
what if any new software or hardware makes him unable to work, huh?! have you though of that?
I am the Administrator, and you speak the truth.
Did you even notice that the *Windows* admin was using a Mac?
@HariSeldon913 Well you can get a Mac to run windows. Just saying xD
In the world of IT l, anything is possible
So this is the guy who gets notified every time I try to run a command as sudo without being a wheel
And so it was, from the depths of CP/M, was the Administrator conceived and came into the world to bring Order from Chaos.
sidebar: if you get that reference, you are f*cking old...
"I didn't even know we had a basement."
Why is this simple line my favorite? The entire skit was amazing, but this is what stuck with me.
Now we know why the shop skits are so based.
Mine was, “Yes, Master!”
🤪
"I don't even think you'll be able to see this subtitle" :D "Rowan or Adam panting? That's Rowan" :D
"I AM THE"
"ADMINISTRATAAWWRRR"
Damn, I always forget about subtitles 🤣
Alan just doesn’t care anymore he’s worked there long enough to get used to the bs
I wield such responsibility daily. A god, bound to serve others within my corporation's jurisdiction.
*virtual bowing & scraping a la Rowan & Adam *
I feel like every time they open the door behind the counter, it's going to lead to a completely different place. Maybe Adam has already been to Narnia? 🚪
He definitely has been to Narnia
Yeah, but... meh. "Turkish Delight" wasn't as good as the books make it sound.
@Voronore IKR?? 😆 I think pretty much every Lewis reader has experienced that sad disillusionment as a kid! Altho mind you, we don't generally get the ENCHANTED kind over here in our world - maybe that makes all the difference... 🤪
The administrator: the internet ended chaos and disarray.
The internet: who’s gunna tell him?
insane how creative VLDL is. Be it whatever, they find a way to explore known concepts but always with a comedic twist.
This is exactly why I don’t ask people for things.
This is so good, I love how serious and ceremonial this all is.
Bet The Administrator had a lot of fun doing this.
The outtakes have to be epic
Everytime John appears in a VLDL sketch, I knew it would be of epic proportion
I bet he's the guy with "the manager" sword
I love how Alan is essentially the only employee that isn't privy to all of the insanity that goes on behind the scenes.
I just love the entire Matrix reference in this video
And the lord of the rings as well.
@@emanueletintori1229no, Frankenstein
@@emanueletintori1229 true
But the dialogue was too understandable, and where was the rave?
I also got a bit of Wizard of Oz myself.
Nice touch that the Windows Administrator's computer looks like an old Apple complete with floppy drive.
1983 Apple Macintosh, a classic! 😃
How do you distinguish it from SE, Lisa snd SE/30? *could of sworn it was a se/30*
So he is gaming on apple? o.O
@@mikkelvoigtHe's pretty much the Chuck Norris of virtual space. If he wants to, he can play everything on anything.
@@mattiasgonczi I said _looks_ like FFS. FWIW it looked like no Windoze computer I have ever seen.
First Santa Claus, then the Administrator. Alan is getting ALL the deep lore access.
"Full unending power to serve a god... and yet, a prisoner." This goes hard
We need a series all about the ancient entities that dwell imprisoned beneath playtech. Perhaps the next one could be about the great TaskManager xD
It's TechTown now bro. Perhaps PlayTech did have something similar to this but we never saw it unfortunately
❤ yes please. I especially wish to know how Rodney fits into this Pantheon
"One must not speak when approaching the mainframe" - truth.
the content just keeps getting better.😁
I love how Adam turns into goblin like creature serving his master.
I like how he switched from a game to a screensaver when they arrived.
I hope the administrator is a recurring character and that this thing evolves to a series of events like the shirt ones. Great skit btw
The Administrator: "Unlimited power built to serve, a god but also a prisoner"
AM & Ultron: *_"Just break out then lmao"_*
and who take his place?
I have no privileges but I must print in color
Wko is Ultron? Frow where he is?
@@user-ec4vw8xl9l Marvel Comics and Avengers Age if Ultron
I love how Adam went from normal employee to Igor in under 5 seconds.
generally i dont laugh at these, because they're not that funny, at least to me, but this one is golden, and i love the admin's curly locks, they're just masterful.
I thought Alan was going to be granted admin privileges and so become the Administrator and get trapped down there.
that only happens if you defeat the administrator.
Some real dark shit there
1:10 absolutely loving VLDL raising their standards with new interesting shots
Yeah, this shot was epic :)
Rowan does make a great side profile silhouette
Had a good laugh, the quest for a simple task like printing in color turned into an epic adventure.
We've all known of administrators like this hidden away somewhere identities hidden. Chosen by mysterious circumstances.
The ending of the second Matrix movie is the parody gift that keeps on giving - combining that with a joke about the Windows administrator was golden!
This just gave me IT crowd vibes when Jen discovers Richmond.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought of that!
“An ill wind is blowing. Last night I was stirred from my slumber by a crow calling three times. Caw... caw... well you know what a crow sounds like. Passing to my window, I trod on a piece of lego. Ooh, it went right in the heel. Turning on my television set, I noticed the reception wasn't great. Not terrible, just not great. Hear me well, no good can come of your trip to the theatre tonight, no good at all.”
Adam going into full blown crypt keeper/dungeon master from The Princess Bride is a nice touch, gents.
Admin playing playing old video game when they first come down and covering it with a Matrix screensaver is extremely authentic!
As a System's Administrator I can confirm this is how it works
Must go through a lot of ram cards.
@@joshuafox8856 We take sweets as a bribe
@@joshuafox8856 I take sweets as a bribe instead 😂
More drama in under 5 mins than in most modern ‘blockbusters’. VLDL you’re simply incredible!
Most of this drama is directly taken from "The Matrix Reloaded", very much a modern blockbuster.
It's only 20+ years old, no no no, it cannot be right, it cannot be, it only came like a few years ago didn't it, oh my god how old am i what is is
Haha glad to know I’m not the only one that suffers with this particular crisis of age! 😂
I was expecting “well… something WOULD have happened but er… the printer is out of colored ink.”
These skits are getting more and more unhinged and I’m all for it!
If only finding administrator access was this easy
The single light source casting a defined shadow.. The musical score... The drama and suspense.... ...chills, I got goosebumps... Bravo!! Well done!! Encore!!!
The pure fear in Adam's voice when Rowan told him that Alan needed administration access...
I never have people offer me gifts when they need something. They never visit unless something is broken.
"Well that was kinda it, actually". Freaking awesome guys.
"So it shall be!"
"There, color print. Great... Can you leave me pawn/pwn* some noobs now, in peace, thanks."
Edit: Reading the comments, I tried to include the pwn change, I just followed the subtitles for that, I didn't know there were other meanings to it (mb). If other changes arise, * means edited the main comment above to add stuff.
*pwn some noobs
@@DeltaDubs89it was pawn, not pwn
@@Unknown-Number Then how would you pronounce pwn?
Pown
@@itap8880 The same way as it's spelt.
I almost lost it when he "time to pwn some newbs".
The Administrator gives me huge AM vibes. No wonder Rowan and Adam make sure to treat him with the highest amounts of respect.
The fact that he just wanted to print in colour is just hilarious
"I'm not going back!" - the Key Maker
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I love how this basically feels like “The Matrix But if The Machines Were Secretly Controlled by James Halliday’s Avatar from the Ready Player One Movie All Along”.
I was fully expecting the thing he needed administrative access for to be "deleting this shortcut from the Desktop."
Adam's Igor character was brilliant. Most brilliant is that the 'Windows Administrator' works with an old Apple Macintosh.
Love these guest actors, they really bring a nice charm and play well off the regular cast. Cheers!
The administrator's lair does not have a restroom. That leaves 1 of 2 options.
1) The administrator uses a bucket in order to focus on gaming.
2) The administrator simply does not give a crap.
Love how he's just like ".. WTF did I start by asking a seemingly simple question?"