The WebSense filters are in place at work. The president's secretary got one of those e-cards from a friend. She couldn't open it. It was a blocked page.
Just one more bit of control taken by I.T.
We can't change the desktop image. We just get the corporate logo on a glaring blue background. It's so high-contrast I get headaches if I don't leave a window maximized.
We can't change the screen saver. It kicks on in five minutes, with wavy lines, and requires the password. The display properties control panel doesn't even have the screen saver tab.
We can't use Add Hardware wizard to install a different mouse or keyboard. Nothing can be installed without the Administrator password.
We can't even Add Printer. If you have a printer (which I do) and it's installed with the wrong driver by I.T. (mine is), you can't fix it even if you know how and have the damn disk in your drawer.
Oh, and we've also been warned that they're installing new security and virus software, and our computers might spontaneously reboot themselves after giving us a pop-up window with as much as five minutes of warning. They reminded us that we should be saving documents every time we leave our desks anyway.
I think I.T. and H.R. are competing to see which can be more disliked. Personally, I'm not placing any bets.
Posted by fictionman at May 18, 2004 06:48 PM | TrackBack (0)