Was this email not spam? If it wasn't spam, it was surely completely off-topic.
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Lee Braiden <[email protected]> wrote: > > stentcharpentier82463 wrote: >> I've got 5 PCs that I'm trying to use to train disadvantaged young >> people. The problem is they are riddled with viruses and a firewall >> blocks me from updating them. The people in charge of maintaining the >> PCs won't fix them or give me the admin password (Win XP) to let me >> install a new or updated antivirus the centre is being shut down in a >> few months. >> >> If they were working, I could still do a lot with them, so I've been >> looking for a good online virus scan - but they all try to download a >> little .exe onto your PC first, and the settings on the PCs won't >> allow that. >> >> Suggestions? Solutions? Links? > > Hmm. If you can't convince management to get new IT people, then you > might want to consider live CDs or even just installing a new OS from > scratch. They're essentially unsupported anyway. > > The live CD option would be slower for users, and it might not even be > your preferred OS, but I think it's just unacceptable to teach people > computers and risk the confusion caused by viruses popping up windows, > causing unexpected slow-downs, etc. Or worse... having them thinking > that viruses are normal or expected on their machines. > > At best, continuing as-is will make their training harder than it needs > to be, and perhaps encourage bad practices in future, which will harm IT > as a whole. At worst, it could put them off computing for life. > > -- > Lee > > > > > -- Diarmuid Bourke [email protected] [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/pythonireland?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
