Greg Sevart wrote:
You can't prevent them from pluggin in the cables, though you can make
the PC not react to their actions.
I don't care if they plug them in. It won't do anything, and that's the
point.
Well, say what you mean, Greg.
Why do you have this god complex..."I don't mind them bringing them in
and using them...just don't attach them to my machines"
It's my job. I'm responsible for the machine. It's my rules--that's the way
it works.
Sure, you're responsible. But IT people usually want to make things
easier for themselves and restrict users in the name of productivity. I
admit it's not their fault alone, though, since companies probably don't
want to hire enough staff to do it right. Also. MS isn't helping buy
trying to own the entire desktop and building in IT-power polices to
give god like abilities. Reminds me of the SUPERUSER days of old,
frankly. Heck, we might as well to back to the mainframe days and give
users dumb green terminals.
iPods can be good ways for people to bring/talk work in/out. Perhaps a
better solution could be found for the sync issue...it really don't
sound like a user issue but a problem with software.
There are tools much better suited.
Right...make the users do what you want them to do rather than
considering any user friendly/flexible option, right?
While you might be able to control what your users can and cannot do on
company machines, you can't make them productive. If they want to be
unproductive...they can stare off into the open air.
But I am charged with making sure that the devices I maintain don't HINDER
productivity.
There are many ways to do this, too.
That's the point. When Outlook (a huge productivity tool in a
software shop) is crashing, that's productivity loss. While the specific
example is an isolated case, it speaks to the larger issue...there's a
reason why we have approved software and hardware.
Yes, I'm sure there is.
