From: "Robert Comer" 

>school-controlled XP

I wouldn't touch it in that case.

- Bob Comer


"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:41730cfe$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> What's the conventional way to approach this problem that will offend the
> admin the least?
>
> 1. Friend's kid has private school-controlled XP Pro SP1 laptop, on a
> domain,
> mucho resource-lockdown, password required to even leave domain.  Yes, the
> paranoia is justified in this school.  Yes, they occasionally still get
> viruses and machines get owned for a half a day or so.  They're pretty
> good,
> and pretty on top of things.  The admins (netadmins and school
> administrators)
> also have egos slightly beyond their compentence.  Not that I'm a pro at
> these
> things, but I'd judge them good, not geniuses.
>
> Say you want to USE a home printer, parallel connnected to the parents'
> machine, workgroup setup.  Enabling the Guest acct. is a bit aggressive.
> Installing NETBEUI might cause conniptions.  Asking the student to type
> things
> like NET USE \\DADDYO USER:administrator is also a bit much.  How would
> you do
> it in a minimally obtrusive and friendly manner?  Ever heard of a util
> that
> does this?  Ever heard of a util flexible enough to let her walk upstairs
> with
> the laptop to her girlfriend's apartment and connect to *that* daddyo's
> inkjet?
>
> --
>
> -Frank, obviously in an urban environment.
>

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