What the....?
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until you next login when the group policy gets reapplied
Our IT department has a group policy that tries to override my screen saver settings. They randomly reapply the group policy, usually hourly. I have a service that wakes up once a second and deletes the group policy values from the registry.
Software Zen:
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I found it. They stuck a shortcut on the desktop to lock the workstation and set the shortcut key for it to F10. So, it was at least easy to fix.
gantww wrote:
They stuck a shortcut on the desktop to lock the workstation and set the shortcut key for it to F10.
Why? Whatwere they thinking? Is Windows-L so hard?
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IT has done something to my workstation. Now when I hit F10 to step over something in the debugger, it helpfully locks my workstation for me. Why do they feel that they have the right to just randomly tamper with things on my workstation when they don't know what they are doing? This crap needs to stop.
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Our IT department has a group policy that tries to override my screen saver settings. They randomly reapply the group policy, usually hourly. I have a service that wakes up once a second and deletes the group policy values from the registry.
Software Zen:
delete this;Sounds a bit like the script I have to kill the following running processes.... process -k tsvncache.exe process -k rtvscan.exe process -k cagent32.exe process -k smcgui.exe process -k smc.exe process -k ccsvchst.exe process -k xferwan.exe process -k lucallbackproxy.exe process -k lucoms~1.exe process -k inv.exe process -k sesclu.exe process -k lucomserver_3_3 process -k lucomserver_3_3.exe process -k emclisrv.exe process -k ccapp.exe
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Our IT department has a group policy that tries to override my screen saver settings. They randomly reapply the group policy, usually hourly. I have a service that wakes up once a second and deletes the group policy values from the registry.
Software Zen:
delete this;You override group policy settings to change a screen saver? :omg: Surely you don't see it anayway, or do you have long periods at your desk without pressing any keys / moving the mouse? :confused:
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You override group policy settings to change a screen saver? :omg: Surely you don't see it anayway, or do you have long periods at your desk without pressing any keys / moving the mouse? :confused:
Electron Shepherd wrote:
You override group policy settings to change a screen saver?
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You override group policy settings to change a screen saver? :omg: Surely you don't see it anayway, or do you have long periods at your desk without pressing any keys / moving the mouse? :confused:
The group policy is set for a 10 minute timeout, and then locks the workstation. There are times when I sit and look at a piece of code and think for more than 9:59 at a stretch. Having the screen clear and display their stupid corporate rah-rah screen saver, which I then have to unlock, disrupts my train of thought.
Software Zen:
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IT has done something to my workstation. Now when I hit F10 to step over something in the debugger, it helpfully locks my workstation for me. Why do they feel that they have the right to just randomly tamper with things on my workstation when they don't know what they are doing? This crap needs to stop.
With all the IT-related complaints of late, I just have to wonder what your boss or the IT folks say when you confront them with evidence that you cannot work like this. It's one thing when they implement something that is just annoying, but to implement something that keeps a person from doing their job is just plain wrong. I guess I've just been spoiled these past 16 years.
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It's not your workstation. But, yeah, tha's not right.
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With all the IT-related complaints of late, I just have to wonder what your boss or the IT folks say when you confront them with evidence that you cannot work like this. It's one thing when they implement something that is just annoying, but to implement something that keeps a person from doing their job is just plain wrong. I guess I've just been spoiled these past 16 years.
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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gantww wrote:
So, it was at least easy to fix.
Wrong reaction. You should complain to them that "you haven't changed anything, but now your compiler is broken", and wait for the hilarity to ensue.
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The group policy is set for a 10 minute timeout, and then locks the workstation. There are times when I sit and look at a piece of code and think for more than 9:59 at a stretch. Having the screen clear and display their stupid corporate rah-rah screen saver, which I then have to unlock, disrupts my train of thought.
Software Zen:
delete this;I do that all the time :)
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