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You are luckier than us - some of our customers machines are so locked down that they can't even change the date let alone install firefox. We even tried using
by trapper 17y ago
You are luckier than us - some of our customers machines are so locked down that they can't even change the date let alone install firefox. We even tried using portable apps on a usb stick, no luck there either! Arrgh.
- andyking 17y agoSomeone installed Firefox on a computer at a non-profit radio station I was involved with not so long ago. The owner of the station sent an email to all saying that if he found out who had installed the "firefox trojan" on the office PC, he would "sue them and call in the police". A few days later, all computers in the building had been downgraded from IE8 to IE6 and locked down so users couldn't even reboot. It's now official policy in that company that if anyone puts their own USB drive into an office computer, they'll be asked to leave the station. There is electrical tape stuck over the USB ports. That's the sort of mindless, dribbling paranoia you're up against.
- cpach 17y agoIf they're running Windows, I can somewhat understand the paranoia.
- brandon272 17y agoThis is the situation I see in many corporate environments. Thin clients set up and users who aren't allowed to download or install any new applications, Firefox included!
- jodrellblank 17y agoDownload and install? If it's one of ours, they wont even be able to right click! ;)
- jodrellblank 17y agoWhy would they need to change the date? It syncs with a domain controller and if you knock it more than 15 minutes or so out you'll break kerberos and your username and password will stop working, and then you'll tell me "you didn't do anything" and "it was working fine". :-/
- trapper 17y agoLaptop + travel across timezones.