Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]we have a saying, "those who can't do I.T., do I.T. security" -rei On Aug07 08:26, Sonny Carter wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Of course one of my sources is delighted that some specialized machines > > that > > they use running Windows 95 don't cost them anything; they only fear is > > that > > they are running out of certain parts to keep them going and then > > programs > > that they implement don't work on other platforms. > > > I had a Win98 machine whose only chore in life was to monitor a network > camera that looked at the archives door. I could glance to see if it was a > patron or staff when I was alone and the door beeped. > > Our security minded IT department decided that all non-secure OS's had to > be > taken off the network, and replaced with XP or 2000 with timed locking > screensavers. Therefore if I do not touch the machine for ten minutes, I > must log in again. > > There went my cheap monitor. > > Meanwhile, our email system, maintained by the same cautious people, > allowed > 308 pieces of spam since July 23, the last time I emptied my junk bin. > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey