IT has screwed up MY laptop

  • Thread starter Thread starter Phil Conundrum
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Phil;
I think the real problem is the IT people did not explain the consequences.
Outside computers are a major security problem and your IT department took
prudent steps to protect their network.
Organizations that do not take similar precautions inevitably have problems
brought it with outside computers.

You have a few choices:
1. Deal with it since you decide to use your computer on their network and
thus voluntarily give control of your computer to them.
2. Do not use your computer at work

Whether they should purchase the computer for you is a separate issue that
you need to discuss with your supervisor..
 
Phil said:
I have my own IBM Thinkpad R51 which I use on the road, home and at
the office. Running WinXP Pro SP2.

The IT guys had to set it up to run on the network in the office.
They have done two things which are driving me crazy and they refuse
to change.

1. They have set it up to log me off after about 2 minutes of
inactivity. This not only is a pain but if I am running a long
download or some other job, it sometimes stops that process.

2. They have Hi-Jacked my IE home page. No matter how many times I
go back and change it to the Home page I want, it goes back to the
Company home page which is about useless to me.

If this was the Company's computer that they paid for then it is
their business. But this is mine that I use for Company business
and I paid for out of my own pocket.

So, I need some help to get this thing configured the way I want it.
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Don't use it at work. If it is YOUR laptop and not the company's.. Then
stop using it for work.
Otherwise you will have to abide by the company computer policies.

Sounds like you made a bad choice by deciding to get your own laptop and
then try to use it for work. =)

However - you could take ownership of your computer by removing everything
they did - which, more than likely - includes it being joined to a domain.
If that is the case - a word of warning - if you log into a domain account
now - when you remove the machine from the domain, you will not be logging
into that account then. Use something like the Files and Settings Transfer
Wizard to export your files and settings to another location on the
computer.. Create a new local user (assuming you have an administrative
account on the machine) and log on as that user and use the Files and
Settings Transfer Wizard to import your files and settings into that
account. (Make sure the new account is local and has the same privs (likely
admin) as you had before.)

However - you probably cannot use the work resources after you do this
without knowing what you are doing and possibly going through a few other
hoops with IT.
 
Carey Frisch said:
Apparently, your company has implemented Group Policy
restrictions. Only your company can make the changes you desire.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I have my own IBM Thinkpad R51 which I use on the road, home and at
| the office. Running WinXP Pro SP2.
|
| The IT guys had to set it up to run on the network in the office.
| They have done two things which are driving me crazy and they refuse
| to change.
|
| 1. They have set it up to log me off after about 2 minutes of
| inactivity. This not only is a pain but if I am running a long
| download or some other job, it sometimes stops that process.
|
| 2. They have Hi-Jacked my IE home page. No matter how many times I
| go back and change it to the Home page I want, it goes back to the
| Company home page which is about useless to me.
|
| If this was the Company's computer that they paid for then it is their
| business. But this is mine that I use for Company business and I
| paid for out of my own pocket.
|
| So, I need some help to get this thing configured the way I want it.
|
| HELP !!
|
| /pc
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