I know an environment exactly like the one you're describing. A HUGE enterprise with that setup.
* Do you have 150,000+ machines under management covering nearly all of the USA? (This is why they're still on XP btw, I sat in the meetings)
* Is it a large financial institution?
* Is the big boss (of the local group) of Israeli decent?
I too started in that group (at 20 years of age actually), though I'm no longer in it. If I'm spot on, let me know.
But dude, even if it's a different company, everyone here is right. You sound cocky. Way too cocky for what you think you know. A few points:
* They had to replace THOUSANDS of dollars worth of machinery? AYFKM? Do you realize most enterprises (esp the biggest ones) get their evaluation machinery for free? Even if they didn't, thousands of dollars ain't sh*t.
* Do you realize changing bios settings across 10s of thousands of machines will cost money?
* You're 22, your labor is cheap. Experienced IT engineers are not cheap. They know this and won't waste their time on errands that don't make the company money when they can just as easily switch to another manufacturer.
* There are literally dozens of manufacturers that would love to get into a company that will order machines by the thousands. If the manufacturer can't get the order right in the first place, it's usually more efficient to move to the next one.
I could go on but I won't. If you happen to work for the same department I once worked for and are looking for some advice, I'll give it to you because you appear to need it. I will give you some straight up advice (via work channels) and keep it between us if you want. I won't be rude, but I will be honest. There is A LOT of stuff you just don't understand dude. I figure I'll help a kid out as someone once did to me (in that same department with not too dissimilar situation) in my early 20s. Let me know.