Re: Help! The borg is at my doorstep!
From: Jan (Nomail_at_Nowhere.com)
Date: 10/30/04
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:37:05 +1000
William,
Assuming the laptops come with XPPro SP2, simply set your firewall to
prevent access from the network. Remember the firewall is a one way valve,
you can get out but the borg cannot get in.
HTH
Jan B
PS a really good virus should also get you kicked off the network:)
"William Fields" <Bill_Fields@azb.uscourts.gov> wrote in message
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> Fellow developers:
>
> Our department is about to receive new laptops and I've been told that I
> will need to allow our desktop administrators to administer my development
> system. This means allowing ZEN to manage the desktop, Patchlink to manage
> application distribution/updates/patches etc....
>
> I can't have this. Our history with desktop management over the years has,
> IMNSHO, been a complete disaster. We haven't had an organized mutiny by
> the users, but I attribute this to a "we don't know any difference"
> mentality.
>
> I need ammo to justify my laptop being left out of the "end-user"
> workstation management borg.
>
> HELP!
>
> --
> William Fields
> MCSD - Microsoft Visual FoxPro
> MCP - Win2k Pro
> US Bankruptcy Court
> Phoenix, AZ
>
> Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff are made of.
>
>
>
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