From: "Rich Gauszka" 

In this day and age with all the instances of identity theft from a
corporate environment I'd tend to agree with John on the lockdown of PCs.




"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:44c0d58e{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Yuh know ... I'm somewhat technically more competent than most users but,
>> frankly, in the corporate environment the rules change and locking down
>> corporate assets so that they work properly all the time is the proper
>> function of "the business" operations.  You don't let
fork lift truck
>> operators perform modifications on fork lift trucks - you bring in the
>> appropriate technical expertise to do that.
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> We're kind of small to be considered in that class.
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> It's definitely a trade off I'll agree.  It costs money to lock things
> down like that, just like it costs money for me to keep things running as
> is --  it all depends on one's situation which might be cheaper in the
> long run, and you have to keep in mind that user happiness is important
> too.  For my shop, it's definitely cheaper for me to react than it would
> be to be proactive, plus I get the bonus of the users thinking they have a
> little bit of control of their own "stuff".
>
>>As long as the  functionality exists in windows to lock it down in a
>>corporate  environment, you are almost derelict in your duty if you do not
>>do that.
>
> Er, no.
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> Bob Comer
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> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.tc1g2ulzm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>> Yuh know ... I'm somewhat technically more competent than most users but,
>> frankly, in the corporate environment the rules change and locking down
>> corporate assets so that they work properly all the time is the proper
>> function of "the business" operations.  You don't let
fork lift truck
>> operators perform modifications on fork lift trucks - you bring in the
>> appropriate technical expertise to do that.
>>
>> Ditto for PCs.  I'm at a rather large oil company right now and their
>> desktops are locked down as tightly as you could possibly imagine.  And
>> that hasn't stopped me from getting my job done.  As long as the
>> functionality exists in windows to lock it down in a corporate
>> environment, you are almost derelict in your duty if you do not do that.
>>
>>
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>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:11:02 -0400, Robert Comer
>>  wrote:
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>>>> Yeah, if the users would all go home or more just continue
to call in
>>>> sick it would make life so much more enjoyable here.
>>>
>>> You got that right!!   I'm working on 2 PC's right now that had spyware
>>> problems.  Sometimes I wish I wasn't so nice and as policy locked down
>>> their
>>> desktops to the point that they couldn't do anything personal.
>>>
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