Got a laptop from my employer recently and it has so many security settings i can't even download mozilla firefox.

anyway, i have got to download some software to pull video footage over to my computer from my video camera and I want to know how to over ride these administrative settings...

Anybody know how I might BEGIN to figure out how to over ride these settings??

Any help would be great, thanks

7/7/2008 4:42:01 PM

did an admin set this thing up for you?

if so, i'd ask him/her

[Edited on July 7, 2008 at 4:49 PM. Reason : Ø]

7/7/2008 4:48:47 PM

It can be done, but you might piss off your employer

7/7/2008 4:49:54 PM

1.get you a usb stick on a another pc
2. visit http://portableapps.com/
3. ...
4. profit

[Edited on July 7, 2008 at 4:56 PM. Reason : usb]

7/7/2008 4:55:15 PM

usually security settings are there for a reason

don't piss off your admin by going around them

7/7/2008 5:14:18 PM

^Listen to him, it can be grounds for immediate termination and possibly massive headaches (depending on the nature of the work you're doings.) If they're that paranoid there's a good chance they do audits when you bring back the machine like IBM does to random samplings of its employees.

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM. Reason : ]

7/8/2008 12:25:03 AM

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"usually security settings are there for a reason don't piss off your admin by going around them"

I agree. If you have a legitimate reason to install something the admin might allow it, but you'd probably want them to ok it. I blame Bonzi Buddies.

7/8/2008 1:03:19 AM

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"If they're that paranoid there's a good chance they do audits when you bring back the machine like IBM does to random samplings of its employees."

really? everyone I know formats the hdd before they turn in their laptop because everyone puts on personal stuff...

7/8/2008 7:10:47 AM

Yeah, which is a good idea. Some people don't and get fired because they didn't realize putting a pirated copy of whatever on there would get them in trouble. Not as many now that people realize the contents of the laptop will be looked at. Thing is, if she doesn't have admin rights on the machine she's probably not supposed to do that.

7/8/2008 7:40:33 AM

^^

haha, i was about to say....

7/8/2008 9:09:49 AM

Not only do you risk screwing up the pc, but you risk pissing the admin off, both of which can really cause you headaches down the road, even if it dosnt lead to you being fired.

7/8/2008 9:33:33 AM

a work pc is for work

get your own computer if you want to install shit

7/8/2008 11:03:03 AM

^ haha

7/8/2008 6:55:24 PM

i just want to install that FLASH application so i can view some of the websites that I need to. It also has a video editing program and I want to install the driver for my video cam so I can edit some video for a class that I'm taking.

that's legit.

7/10/2008 10:27:27 AM

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"did an admin set this thing up for you? if so, i'd ask him/her "

7/10/2008 10:28:16 AM