I think that what this fine fellow is talking about is when you say to somebody "do NOT open an email with 'ILOVEYOU' as the subject!"
Then they say, literally, 'Ok, I won't. Hey, a new email! Wow, somebody loves me! *click click*' Implementing a properly fascist IT environment is damn hard when the users are used to having carte blanche; hell, just explaining to them why windowsupdate is firewalled off is a bitch. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Jeremy Oddo > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 1:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SAtalk] spammers aren't the only ones who can teach. (was > We TEACH you how to ...) > > > [SNIP] > > > > Sorry Dave, I have to disagree with you here. As an admin who provides > > in-house support, I lose respect for the average human being. I cannot > > tell you how many times I have to remove virii, reinstall s/w or entire > > OSen, or remove spyware. These are adult who repeat their actions. > > > The problem, I think, is their ignorance. In the work place, the computer > has moved away from being just a word processor to being the central hub > for all information. Most of *us* already work that way, but this is a > new concept for the average business joe. Most of them don't have the > computer chops to be able to understand the cause/effect relationship in a > computer environment. > > Again, the most important part is EDUCATION. And if the managers and > higher-ups won't pay for some kind of education/training then they are > just plain fools. This goes beyond the "this is how you print labels in > Microsoft Word" type of training. Every company will operate differently, > and it's important for the employees to understand the workflow and proper > computer infrastructure usage. Even more important, the company needs to > *enforce* those procedures. > > Don't give them a loaded gun without showing them where the safety is. > > > After admonishment and my removal of chat and file share software, one > > employee re-installed the software. I removed again, and told her > > manager. He supposedly talked with his department about it. But...I > > found it again! > > > What?! What kind of environment do you work in?! PERMISSIONS my friend! > Where I work, only admins can install software. And if your company uses > Win9X and won't bite the bullet for Win2K/XP, get out of there! > > > They are after "free" stuff. Jokes. Porn. Games. "cool" software. > > Screensavers. Pirated software. > > > Tell your managers about the BSA. I think it's $100K for every > offense(?). That's serious stuff. > > > I fix the computers, and they do it > > again. They DO NOT care. I would love to disconnect them from the LAN > > and make them do everything via low bandwidth connections. They have > > no respect, and expect my support because I am on salary. > > > Hee Hee. You've got to let them know who's boss :) Without you there, > they can't function. If you're the only admin on staff, take a weeks > vacation; they'll understand how important you are in no time! > > Or you could show them how powerful you really are! I had a friend that > worked as an admin for about 40-50 users. At times, he would need to down > servers during lunch hour (Novel/Windows environment). He would remind > people several times that THE SERVER WOULD BE OFF-LINE AT 1:00PM. Without > fail, there would be and handful of employees that "needed five more > minutes". By the time he was able to down the server, it would be 1:30+. > Finally, one day when he had to down the server again, he thought "I've > had enough of this crap" and told everyone that the server would be > off-line at 1:00PM sharp. He reminded people all day. Five minutes to > 1:00PM, he went to the server room and waited...watching the clock. RIGHT > at 1:00PM, he downed the server...then listened to the chorus of moans > throughout the office! > > > Jeremy > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU > Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. > Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! > INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
