How to wreck XP very quickly ?

[Joe Black]

I'm for real.

No personal e-mails to/from client e-mail. I have GMail for that.
No music on client PC. I have an iPod for that.
No personal documents on client PC. Do all that at home/on laptop.

It's called professionalism. The client has provided you a machine for you to perform a service with. It is not your personal property. You shouldn't treat it as such.

That's a little bit excessive don't you think. Or do you believe like some that end-users shouldn't even be able to change the desk-top wallpaper or reorganise the start menu to suit them.

It's a bit like telling people they can't put a photo of their kids on the desk.

[Cowboy Bob]

That's a little bit excessive don't you think. Or do you believe like some that end-users shouldn't even be able to change the desk-top wallpaper or reorganise the start menu to suit them.

It's a bit like telling people they can't put a photo of their kids on the desk.

Not really. Merely saying that there's really no need to put a whole load of crap on the client machine. Where I am now, all the contractors have iPods. All the permies have their music on their PCs. All the contractors have the standard plain blue desktop. Most permies have photos etc. You can tell who's a contractor just by looking around.

I do have admin access to the machine so technically I can do what I want, but there's really no need. It's a machine for me to work on, not a machine for me to do what I want with.

[Angela_D]

I'm an enterprise-wide forest admin here as well as coding so I can put whatever I please on any machine in the business. Normal peasants are also free to customise and use desktops as they wish except install/uninstall/major mods

People who go with the plain blue type desktop are regarded with a little suspicion unless they are new.

If it was a new job or a military kind of site then I would understand being strict. I like to enjoy my work and workplace and encourage others to do the same.

[Cowboy Bob]

I like to enjoy my work and workplace and encourage others to do the same.

You're a contractor (at least you claim you are). It's not your workplace.

[Joe Black]

I do have admin access to the machine so technically I can do what I want, but there's really no need. It's a machine for me to work on, not a machine for me to do what I want with.

I think it's hard not to copy things to clients machine, even if you just consider it something to work on.

In my case I quite often reuse things from previous work I've done, designs, templates, code, Word doc's etc, which means one way or another copying something to the clients machine before I edit it/use it etc. Of course at the same time I might not want that they get the entire blueprint from my SKA 2.0 which I've based all my work on.

[Cowboy Bob]

In my case I quite often reuse things from previous work I've done, designs, templates, code, Word doc's etc, which means one way or another copying something to the clients machine before I edit it/use it etc. Of course at the same time I might not want that they get the entire blueprint from my SKA 2.0 which I've based all my work on.

Yes. As do I. But that's work related. I'm talking about not chucking 60Gb of MP3s on the machine. Or installing non-work related software. Or sending personal e-mails with the e-mail address the client provides (even Mrs Bob doesn't know what my e-mail address is at the client). Etc etc.

[AtW]

When I am at the clients' site with my own laptop the maximum I would do is check BBC news while eating lunch - strictly business all the other time: that's what contractors do, permies may act otherwise.

[Angela_D]

When I am at the clients' site with my own laptop the maximum I would do is check BBC news while eating lunch - strictly business all the other time: that's what contractors do, permies may act otherwise.

Hmm .... I'm wondering how some people manage to post all day long on here?

And AtW: you really ought to take a real break at lunch to stay healthy. A healthy body is an earning body.

[Sockpuppet]

Hmm .... I'm wondering how some people manage to post all day long on here?

And AtW: you really ought to take a real break at lunch to stay healthy. A healthy body is an earning body.

Can I get a big sign....saying "DONT FEED THE TROLL"

[cojak]

About 90GB of music

I'm tidy out of necessity - I have all of 2GB on my D: drive...