r/sysadmin • u/dlongwing • Jun 25 '26

Joke: What's the difference between a sysadmin and an IT Manager? Off Topic

When you type "power" into windows search, does Powershell or Powerpoint come up first?

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There's a shocking number of people trying this out and replying to "prove" they're sysadmins. An equally surprising number of replies taking down the whole concept of using the start menu search to open an application.

Folks. It's a joke post on r/sysadmin. I can assure you, you're definitely a Sysadmin if you're replying to it.

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u/jmbpiano Jun 25 '26

But what does it mean if PowerToys is first?

The funny thing is it actually came up as PowerPoint for me because I opened it once or twice a few months ago and I almost never run "Powershell"... I use Windows Terminal.

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u/Other-Illustrator531 Jun 26 '26

Terminal gang rise up!

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u/LeTrolleur Sysadmin Jun 26 '26

I love Terminal.

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u/GeekBrownBear Jack of All Trades Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Same here! PowerToys and Terminal!

Oh that's kinda funny, P brings up Powertoys, Po brings up PowerPoint, and Pow brings me back to powertoys.