From: Danyelle Gragsone (ladynikon@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2007 - 14:45:40 EDT
If this is a company computer. The user shouldn't have third party
blocks on it anyways. Even if the user takes home the computer you
should still be able to gain access to it. What does your policy say
about personal use of a company computer? Most companies have some
sort of policy against non company software installed on the computer.
On 4/11/07, Sat Jagat Singh <flyingdervish@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This should be dealt with through policies and
> procedures concerning how systems are managed. At the
> very least, I would address it with the user's direct
> supervisor or dept. head. If IT has no basis in
> organizational policy for control over such systems
> and the user's own manager won't reign them in, you
> have no legal leg on which to stand. If
> organizational policy says that you have the right to
> control the config of the machine then, again, you
> need to take up your concerns about this user's
> behavior with the responsible authority.
> --- Mifa <mifa@stangercorp.com> wrote:
>
> > We have a user who takes a company computer home
> > with them (no its not a lap top). We have a good
> > reason to need to look at their files. However, we
> > want to do so without that employ knowing. They
> > seem to know something about security becasue auto
> > runs is disabled and the workstation is always
> > locked with a third party software. INserting a U3
> > drive will not run a program either. Are there any
> > programs that will boot from a floppy then copy a
> > program to the c drive then wite an auto start entry
> > into the registry? This was the only way I can
> > think of to get the user to install a program..
> >
> > Any other ideas how we maight gain access? It has
> > to be fast (bathroom breaks ect). I dont have time
> > to load a live cd. Further, robooting would cause
> > the user to loose work.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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