Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 17th March 2001

Dilbert//4354, first published 25 years ago on Saturday 17th March 2001

Tags

operating system reboot mouse pad monitor incompatible mouse pad rebooting system

Official transcript

DOGBERT'S TECH SUPPORT: Dogbert sits at his computer wearing a telephone headset. Dogbert says, "Your mousepad is incompatible with your operating system."

The Boss listens on his telephone as Dogbert continues, "Try rebooting the mousepad. If that doesn't work, I'll call you back."

Still on the phone The Boss asks, "How will you know?"

and listens as Dogbert replies, "I'll watch you through your monitor."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DOGBERT'S TECH SUPPORT YOUR MOUSEPAD IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM.

TRY REBOOTING THE MOUSEPAD.

IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

HOW WILL YOU KNOW?

I'LL WATCH YOU THROUGH YOUR MONITOR.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.