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As someone who works from home I could never put up with such a restrictive policy.
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As someone who works from home I could never put up with such a restrictive policy.
Yeah but when your computer screws up a report doesn't get filed when our screws up we cant get the job sheets so cant work.
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Come again?
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As long as the job gets done I see no reason not to spend a little time browsing the net. I don't get time to do it much as I'm generally busy with work, or making tea 
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As long as the job gets done I see no reason not to spend a little time browsing the net. I don't get time to do it much as I'm generally busy with work, or making tea
There are some people in this thread that would love nothing more than to monitor your kettle usage so make sure you are keeping to 'the rules' so watch out
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There are some people in this thread that would love nothing more than to monitor your kettle usage so make sure you are keeping to 'the rules' so watch out
My friend, Kettles are for pedestrians, we have instant boiling water from a machine!
In all seriousness though, it's nice to get away from the screen for a bit during the day, my way of doing that is to step away and make some tea, plus it stops me getting thirsty, win-win!
As long as the job gets done I see no reason not to spend a little time browsing the net. I don't get time to do it much as I'm generally busy with work, or making tea
Quit stealing the kettle bandwidth - there are other people who like a brew you know!
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Quit stealing the kettle bandwidth - there are other people who like a brew you know!
Read above, it's not a Kettle!
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Touch my network n I will blow you ******* brains out. If users tinker they get a good shouting at and if I'm nice I might even nuke them into orbit.
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This post shows just how clueless you are. You don't need to log in for a GPO to run, I have several GPOs which will run when the computer is booted up, before the user logs in.
Also, even if you managed to crack the bios password, or reset it, and even if you managed to crack the local admin password, and even if you managed to log in locally and install some software, it still wouldn't help you on my network. All users only get access to the programs and shortcuts that I give them access to, so the moment you log back into the network, you won't be able to access whatever software you just installed. If you try and run something that I don't want you to, I'll know about it. I'll then figure out how you managed to get software installed that I didn't do myself. I'll then make sure you're fired for gross misconduct.
So please, feel free to come at work at my business.
Do you work in Education?
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Correct. How did you know? Because of how locked down we have it?
Most networks can report on bandwidth usage, web usage based on internal IP's, track what sites you have been to amongst many other reports.
Our networks and customer network usage and statistics are all logged from the firewall's, then we can log in to the firewall global management system and view there advanced reports/send out reports to the relevant companys IT manager if they requested it.
There are lots of different systems available to track web usage.
However, I am saying that, If they didnt want you or was that fussed about you viewing web pages, they would have a content filter in place, although saying that, you are there to work, not browse facebook.
Our networks and customer network usage and statistics are all logged from the firewall's, then we can log in to the firewall global management system and view there advanced reports/send out reports to the relevant companys IT manager if they requested it.
There are lots of different systems available to track web usage.
However, I am saying that, If they didnt want you or was that fussed about you viewing web pages, they would have a content filter in place, although saying that, you are there to work, not browse facebook.
Yep
I worked in a school for a while and that's the only place that I've had to get so anal about locking things down. The students were constantly trying to find ways around stuff
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Heh, they certainly keep me on my toes, but it definitely helps you improve your GPO knowledge quickly when you have to figure out how to lock everything down so securely!Yep
I work in IT and we do have some tracking software but it's rarely looked at. In fact we are not allowed to access someone's usage without authorisation from HR or the IT director.
Also, I work for a book publisher and we don't have any restrictions on what websites you can access because some of the stuff we publish is adult material and social media sites are used for marketing
Also, I work for a book publisher and we don't have any restrictions on what websites you can access because some of the stuff we publish is adult material and social media sites are used for marketing
I work in IT and we do have some tracking software but it's rarely looked at. In fact we are not allowed to access someone's usage without authorisation from HR or the IT director.
Also, I work for a book publisher and we don't have any restrictions on what websites you can access because some of the stuff we publish is adult material and social media sites are used for marketing
Does that make you a pornbroker?
I actually have less restricted access than my managers, I need it for my job. But we're there complaints about my work they can easily see what I have been up to.
Does that make you a pornbroker?
No
When I say 'adult material' I mean more Fifty Shades of Grey* rather than Readers' Wives.*Sadly we don't actually publish that
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Precious much? No offence but with every post you’re sounding more and more like power hungry jobs worth with a complex. You fix basic computer problems for a living, you’re not trying to sort out the Middle East here.
You keep blaring at me about how you could do this to me or stop me from doing that but the point is I don’t work for your company so I couldn’t care less how locked down and secure (but horrible to work with) your computers are. Run your GPO without the Ethernet cable plugged into my machine then smart-ass, I suppose you’re going to tell me you can still enforce it via telepathically communicating with my machine?
Again, the person who has the machine in front of them will always be able to override (if they really want to) anything that someone is trying to enforce from afar, this is self evident.
Also, the thing IT bods keep forgetting is it is not YOUR network, it is the company’s and you are no more than a caretaker for them.
Oh and as for “making sure you're fired for gross misconduct” have you ever considered that if I have breached your security it doesn’t make you look either?
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