Of many other responsibilities, we have a <100 workstation network, and have received reports that personnel are watching movies and streaming media when they should in fact be working. As this office requires flexibility with portable media and USB devices we cannot deny this functionality without impeding productivity. Similarly, viewing video files for <10secs each is required, so we cannot deny media players.
We are considering several ways of dealing with this in addition to formal warnings and locking down websites:
- Is there a way to disable headphones in Group Policy (thereby forcing all audio to be on the speakers)?
- Is there a cheap/free piece of remote monitoring software which is totally stealthy (i.e. no advertised task or obvious process?) where the workstations can be viewed by Supervisors and Management?
- Any other ideas?
(Server 2008 domain, with Win 7 Pro/Ultimate workstations)
Thanks in advance!
We are considering several ways of dealing with this in addition to formal warnings and locking down websites:
- Is there a way to disable headphones in Group Policy (thereby forcing all audio to be on the speakers)?
- Is there a cheap/free piece of remote monitoring software which is totally stealthy (i.e. no advertised task or obvious process?) where the workstations can be viewed by Supervisors and Management?
- Any other ideas?
(Server 2008 domain, with Win 7 Pro/Ultimate workstations)
Thanks in advance!
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