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  • January 3, 2013 at 7:46 am

    #1573336

    jasona.work (1/2/2013)

    TravisDBA (1/2/2013)

    I guess I don't get it, what is so hard about hitting the the Windows logo key and then L ?:-D

    Kind of hard to hit the Windows logo key when your keyboard was manufactured in 1987 and is one of these...

    😀

    You'll get my Modem M when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. If I don't bash your head in with it first, then rinse of the gore so I can keep using it...

    😉

    Jason

    (Yes, Model Ms are incredibly tough)

    Holy Smoke! I thought those dinosaurs went out with the DeLorean DMC-12! 😀

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • January 3, 2013 at 7:50 am

    #1573338

    TravisDBA (1/3/2013)

    jasona.work (1/2/2013)

    TravisDBA (1/2/2013)

    I guess I don't get it, what is so hard about hitting the the Windows logo key and then L ?:-D

    Kind of hard to hit the Windows logo key when your keyboard was manufactured in 1987 and is one of these...

    😀

    You'll get my Modem M when you pry it from my cold, dead hands. If I don't bash your head in with it first, then rinse of the gore so I can keep using it...

    😉

    Jason

    (Yes, Model Ms are incredibly tough)

    Holy Smoke! I thought those dinosaurs went out with the DeLorean DMC-12! 😀

    Nah, the Delorean went out in 1982, although there is a company down in Texas[/url] looking to bring back the Delorean in new-build cars...:cool:

    And you can still buy buckling spring keyboards[/url], now with USB and Windows keys!!

  • January 3, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    #1573474

    TravisDBA (1/2/2013)

    I guess I don't get it, what is so hard about hitting the the Windows logo key and then L ?:-D

    Nothing really - until you have a messed up Windows Keyboard that gets sticky keys when you log back in...I've had to retrain myself to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL {enter} on Windows 7 to avoid this issue.

    A bit frustrating when I come back to the workstation, login - open email and start to type out an email and instead of words I get all kinds of different windows opening up that I didn't want 😉

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  • January 4, 2013 at 11:33 am

    #1573888

    Some years back I was at a company, and we had one employee who would not lock his workstation.. 70%+ of the time. Also thanks to his personal connections, he was able to get access to things that he had no business in (in my humble Opinion). One day someone from the shop floor got on his system and found out all sorts of personal information about our owner's finances, and let all the shop floor employees know. Yep.. that made things VERY interesting for some time.

  • January 17, 2013 at 9:21 am

    #1578374

    In an attempt to teach a user this lesson, I sent an email from his unlocked and unattended workstation to the president of the company - resigning his position.

    He learned.

    😛

  • March 28, 2017 at 4:40 am

    #1935234

    A nifty trick, if you have time, is to create a contact with your own email address but named the same as the CEO or some other person deemed important, send an inflammatory email to that contact and leave the machine with the focus on that email in the sent folder. No harm done but clearly highlighting what could have occurred. Bonus is that the "victim" is terrified by what you have done but only for a split second (or a minute if one is being particularly cruel) until they realise it hasn't gone to who they think it has.

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

  • March 28, 2017 at 6:33 am

    #1935246

    At one place where I worked, one practical joker installed the BSOD Screensaver on a co-worker's computer.

  • March 28, 2017 at 6:58 am

    #1935251

    At my current company, leaving your laptop unlocked will result in a message being posted to the internal Slack channel, usually saying something like "I don't understand security". In the past I've typed Ctrl-Alt-Left Arrow, Win-L on unlocked machines.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

  • March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am

    #1935252

    Our IT Director will notice unlocked stations and send emails from that account such as "Lunch is on me today!" or if he's in a cranky mood "I'm so stupid, I can't even remember to lock my workstation!"

    Last week I noticed his machine was unlocked, office vacant. "Everyone go home early, have a good weekend!"

    And then there's the classic: take a screenshot of the desktop and apply as wallpaper.

  • March 28, 2017 at 7:11 am

    #1935253

    I have a co-worker who always refuses to lock his PC, even when he goes home for the night. About 2 months after he started, I installed a Chrome extension that replaced every image in every tab with Nicolas Cage making a funny face. On a separate occasion, I typed out an email addressed to our direct supervisor that said he was quitting, but I didn't send it. That one was my favorite because when he saw the open draft he accidentally sent it, and our boss teased him about it for weeks!

  • March 28, 2017 at 7:48 am

    #1935262

    Another way to gently remind your coworker about the dangers of leaving PC unlocked is to add the following URL redirects to their '%windir%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts' file. BigGrin

    RateMyPoo.com   google.com
    RateMyPoo.com   bing.com
    RateMyPoo.com   yahoo.com

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • March 28, 2017 at 7:50 am

    #1935264

    Don't know if you can do this anymore(we were on windows XP) but one of the more amusing ones we did at my last job was setting all the font colors, menu bars and icons to solid white, setting the mouse to max sensitivity and inverting it.  Help desk guy was not super happy.

  • March 28, 2017 at 8:16 am

    #1935273

    We are a cruel bunch. :hehe:

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

  • March 28, 2017 at 9:30 am

    #1935301

    ZZartin - Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:50 AM

    Don't know if you can do this anymore(we were on windows XP) but one of the more amusing ones we did at my last job was setting all the font colors, menu bars and icons to solid white, setting the mouse to max sensitivity and inverting it.  Help desk guy was not super happy.

    I once (being a bad person) did something similar to a display computer in a store.
    Except I went with basic black.
    Black background, black mouse pointer, black scroll bars, black title bars.

    This was back in the Win3.11 / Win95 days...

  • March 30, 2017 at 3:33 pm

    #1935866

    This is a critical part of security imho

    making sure that outsiders are always escorted can prevent embarrassing incidents from occurring.

    It is amazing how many visitors have free reign on-site once they get past the initial security checkpoint.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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