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Yowie - 07 Jul 2005 07:44 GMT

Ok, I can post a new message, but can't reply to any message whilst I'm at
work. The home computer behaves fine.

I have *no* idea which computer greebling I have got (and can't get IT to
fix it - how do I explain that the problem involves me not being able to use
the work computer for my own nefarous reasons?) but darn, I wish there was a
cat or two here at work so they'd scare it away!.

Yowie

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Steve Touchstone - 07 Jul 2005 12:00 GMT

>Ok, I can post a new message, but can't reply to any message whilst I'm at
>work. The home computer behaves fine.
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>the work computer for my own nefarous reasons?) but darn, I wish there was a
>cat or two here at work so they'd scare it away!.

Could it be that the powers that be at work don't want you replying at
work? I once took a computer tech class, way back before windows 95.
One of the little tricks they taught us disabled the solitaire game.
When a user tried to start up the game a message would pop up to
contact a supervisor, and the machine would shut down. Thinking back,
I can't remember how we did it, though.

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Yowie - 07 Jul 2005 12:29 GMT

>>Ok, I can post a new message, but can't reply to any message whilst I'm at
>>work. The home computer behaves fine.
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> contact a supervisor, and the machine would shut down. Thinking back,
> I can't remember how we did it, though.

That would make sense if I couldn't post new messages either, but I can. I
don't get an error message, I just get a totally blank dialog box with three
blank buttons in it (pressing any of the buttons doens't do anything) and a
check box (checking an unchecking the box doesn't do anything either).

Yowie

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jmcquown - 07 Jul 2005 21:43 GMT

>> Ok, I can post a new message, but can't reply to any message whilst
>> I'm at work. The home computer behaves fine.
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> contact a supervisor, and the machine would shut down. Thinking back,
> I can't remember how we did it, though.

But she can post new topics, just not reply. I do know our IT department
blocked a lot of things; I couldn't get to newsgroups at all unless I used
the Google interface. (But then, I was too busy to read and post from work
anyway.) They blocked Webshots and other photo sites because of bandwidth
issues and people downloading screensavers and the like. We couldn't
install weather information programs (like Weatherbug) either. Bandwidth
was cited as the reason. Eventually only a few of us had "admin" rights to
install *anything* on our PC's; someone from IT had to do it and it had to
be the approved, licensed corporate approved software.

Jill

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jmcquown - 07 Jul 2005 21:56 GMT

>>> Ok, I can post a new message, but can't reply to any message whilst
>>> I'm at work. The home computer behaves fine.
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>
> Jill

Ooops, I made that sound like I wasn't in IT. I was, and I had admin rights
on my PC. But someone from a specific *department* in IT had to install
software for the majority of the employees. I think it all started (really)
when folks were installing things like ICQ and Instant Messenger and
spending more time chatting than working. From there, they got more strict.
After all, the machines are owned by the company.

Jill

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Victor Martinez - 07 Jul 2005 13:00 GMT

> I have *no* idea which computer greebling I have got (and can't get IT to
> fix it - how do I explain that the problem involves me not being able to use
> the work computer for my own nefarous reasons?) but darn, I wish there was a

Find a job-related newsgroup and pretend you're "doing research"... :)

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