Getting around a locked down PC

[minestrone]

Abolute no chance own laptop would be allowed.

[Spacecadet]

Change client.

Probably the cheapest and least stressful method, especially if the current one is a complete dick

Why can't you take your own laptop in? you won't be plugging it into their network. How about an iPad or other tablet with a keyboard dock and an independent internet connection?

[minestrone]

Client are dicks but are big dicks who have hired me a few times.

On the laptop they would pull the 'that has not been certified by out electricians and would invalidate our insurance' pish which I have seen before.

[Moscow Mule]

Client are dicks but are big dicks who have hired me a few times.

On the laptop they would pull the 'that has not been certified by out electricians and would invalidate our insurance' pish which I have seen before.

iPad? Or ultra book / air with 7+ hours battery?

[SueEllen]

Client are dicks but are big dicks who have hired me a few times.

On the laptop they would pull the 'that has not been certified by out electricians and would invalidate our insurance' pish which I have seen before.

What are you trying to do that they refuse to allow you to have permissions/software you need to do the work you are contacted to do?

You need to get client management on your side and explain why you cannot deliver without the resources you need.

[minestrone]

eh, work that I am not contracted to do.

Sometimes have downtime and would rather mess about with 'other projects'

Code freezes are client co's idea.

[MarillionFan]

I am looking for a way to be able to view and edit a personal files in work. Problem is that client co have nailed down all ways I can think of to do this.

Admin rights have been removed, USB slots have been switched off for data (although they still power my phone), firewall and web proxy are brutally tight, mailing is out and as one manager told me "they are big brothering your contractor arses just now" after some idiot got caught uploading private data to their own server.

Ideally a removable drive solution is perfect as I don't want to leave the files on the PC disk but the USBs are off and I am not sure how to get round that.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Why not stick a Windows VM on it?

[Pondlife]

As others have said, you're on thin ice trying this I reckon.

That aside, if you have your own webspace, why not upload/download to that. It's unlikely that soupy.com is gonna be blocked.

[SimonMac]

You tried Dropbox or any of the other cloud storage? Install the client on your machine and just let it sync back to your home machine.

If you are circumventing their system might as well go whole hog

[Spacecadet]

Client are dicks but are big dicks who have hired me a few times.

On the laptop they would pull the 'that has not been certified by out electricians and would invalidate our insurance' pish which I have seen before.

Laptop's usually come with a battery, ditto for tablets and you could remote from the tablet to your home system.

I think you need to decide how far its worth pushing the client... you could always read a book/kindle instead and make notes for later use.