Administrative Woes
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I'm at work again, and I've nothing to do. Why, you ask? Because I can't install VS.NET because I don't have Admin access...but such it business. I've gotta wait for the "IT" department (aka. one guy with a funny hat) to come 'round and help me out. Hopefully, they'll give me admin access so I won't have to wait again. But hey, I just started here and new hires aren't without their glitches. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
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I'm at work again, and I've nothing to do. Why, you ask? Because I can't install VS.NET because I don't have Admin access...but such it business. I've gotta wait for the "IT" department (aka. one guy with a funny hat) to come 'round and help me out. Hopefully, they'll give me admin access so I won't have to wait again. But hey, I just started here and new hires aren't without their glitches. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
Adam Durity wrote: new hires aren't without their glitches That's why we don't give them Admin access rights.;P Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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Adam Durity wrote: new hires aren't without their glitches That's why we don't give them Admin access rights.;P Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
hehe, i knew i'd get a wise crack like that. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
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I'm at work again, and I've nothing to do. Why, you ask? Because I can't install VS.NET because I don't have Admin access...but such it business. I've gotta wait for the "IT" department (aka. one guy with a funny hat) to come 'round and help me out. Hopefully, they'll give me admin access so I won't have to wait again. But hey, I just started here and new hires aren't without their glitches. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
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I'm at work again, and I've nothing to do. Why, you ask? Because I can't install VS.NET because I don't have Admin access...but such it business. I've gotta wait for the "IT" department (aka. one guy with a funny hat) to come 'round and help me out. Hopefully, they'll give me admin access so I won't have to wait again. But hey, I just started here and new hires aren't without their glitches. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
I contracted at a major computer manufacturer (it rhymes with the opposite of Heaven) and it took 3 weeks for me to even get a login account on their network. When I finally got a login account, I didn't have admin access on my machine. I explained that it just wasn't feasible to use the production web server in Texas (I was in Tennessee) for development, that it would be much easier for me to develop on my local box and move the code when it was ready. It took some back and forth before they finally gave me admin rights. Jeff Martin Triple20 Software
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I contracted at a major computer manufacturer (it rhymes with the opposite of Heaven) and it took 3 weeks for me to even get a login account on their network. When I finally got a login account, I didn't have admin access on my machine. I explained that it just wasn't feasible to use the production web server in Texas (I was in Tennessee) for development, that it would be much easier for me to develop on my local box and move the code when it was ready. It took some back and forth before they finally gave me admin rights. Jeff Martin Triple20 Software
Ah, but see you were contracted...that changes everything about the game. It's a trust thing, IMO. Contractors are like outsiders in an anthill...they're watch very closely and restricted to all hell. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
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I'm at work again, and I've nothing to do. Why, you ask? Because I can't install VS.NET because I don't have Admin access...but such it business. I've gotta wait for the "IT" department (aka. one guy with a funny hat) to come 'round and help me out. Hopefully, they'll give me admin access so I won't have to wait again. But hey, I just started here and new hires aren't without their glitches. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
Sucks to be you. Every place I've worked has given developers (but not necessarily everyone else) admin rights to their machines if they are Windows boxes. I've found it is nearly impossible to do any real development without admin rights - if for the very reasons you state (can't install most things, including VS.NET, MSDN, etc.).. and also if the software you are developing needs admin rights in some way, shape, or form. Now, if you are developing Java, this is not as big of a deal, since most JVMs and Java IDEs (e.g., Eclipse) just copy files to a directory. You know, there's a nice, practical simplicity when your installer is just a ZIP file... :-D "Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin
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I'm at work again, and I've nothing to do. Why, you ask? Because I can't install VS.NET because I don't have Admin access...but such it business. I've gotta wait for the "IT" department (aka. one guy with a funny hat) to come 'round and help me out. Hopefully, they'll give me admin access so I won't have to wait again. But hey, I just started here and new hires aren't without their glitches. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
That's asinine :|. They can give you admin rights on the machine without giving you admin rights to the domain.
Software Zen:
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Ah, but see you were contracted...that changes everything about the game. It's a trust thing, IMO. Contractors are like outsiders in an anthill...they're watch very closely and restricted to all hell. -- Adam "If you can't beat your computer in chess, try kickboxing"
True, but people that actually worked for them had similiar problems. And I was given administrative rights on a production intranet server before my own machine. Jeff Martin Triple20 Software
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That's asinine :|. They can give you admin rights on the machine without giving you admin rights to the domain.
Software Zen:
delete this;And, as I discovered yesterday, it appears the admin can do it from their own desktop! Go to Active Directory Users and Computers, locate the computer, right-click it and click Manage. In the Computer Management console, expand Local Users and Groups, double-click Administrators, click Add, type the user name, click OK! When the user next logs on, they're a local administrator on that machine. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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I contracted at a major computer manufacturer (it rhymes with the opposite of Heaven) and it took 3 weeks for me to even get a login account on their network. When I finally got a login account, I didn't have admin access on my machine. I explained that it just wasn't feasible to use the production web server in Texas (I was in Tennessee) for development, that it would be much easier for me to develop on my local box and move the code when it was ready. It took some back and forth before they finally gave me admin rights. Jeff Martin Triple20 Software
Jeff Martin wrote: I explained that it just wasn't feasible to use the production web server in Texas (I was in Tennessee) for development, that it would be much easier for me to develop on my local box and move the code when it was ready. If they had paid you by the hour, that would have been to your benefit!
"When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen
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Jeff Martin wrote: I explained that it just wasn't feasible to use the production web server in Texas (I was in Tennessee) for development, that it would be much easier for me to develop on my local box and move the code when it was ready. If they had paid you by the hour, that would have been to your benefit!
"When I was born I was so surprised that I didn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen
:-D They did. But my patience level couldn't take that, even for money. Jeff Martin Triple20 Software