Our office computers are there to serve the purpose of being a tool in delivering the service what the company asked from us. Some of our office computers have strict policies on how we use them. And some are very lax to the effect that you are an Administrator to the computer you use. Most of the time a regular user is only a PowerUser.
Administrator have the capacity to do everything with the computer. Install programs/applications such as flash, games(plants vs. zombie,angry bird) or any application whether it is shareware, freeware and even cracked apps. You can also set your own Itunes Library that you can listen while you are working. This is the privilege given to an Administrator. A power user is a user of a personal computer who has the ability to use advanced features of programs which are beyond the abilities of "normal" users, but is not necessarily capable of programming and system administration. In enterprise software systems such as Oracle or SAP, this title may go to an individual who is not a programmer, but who is a specialist in a transaction or a business process. The "Super User" in enterprise programs (SAP, Oracle) often refers to an individual who is an expert in a module or process within the enterprise system.
But Have you ever been tagged non compliant or got caught by IT with your office computer? Just received a email this morning that my machine is non compliant, I guess it was the software I installed last weekend which is prohibited to install in the company property. But I already removed them before starting the work week. So I got nervous and I thought that there maybe tracks or cache of the program that was not removed and telling the system that it still has the program installed. So What I did was to remove every trace of the application:
Windows Command Prompt
1. Go to Start > Run and type cmd and Enter
2. Type "cd c:\" to change to the root of the C: drive.
At the c:\ prompt type "dir xxx.* /s" and press enter. Windows will (or should) search all directories on the drive. (Sometimes Windows explorer Search does not).
Also, do the same for any attached drives, ie. USB, LAN drives, that Windows sees as a drive letter, such as e:\.
After which, I re-run the security test and I was able to correct the non compliance. I am lucky since our company is still lax on corrective actions. Comparing with others, this instance will definitely cause you a memo or a corrective action.
Administrator have the capacity to do everything with the computer. Install programs/applications such as flash, games(plants vs. zombie,angry bird) or any application whether it is shareware, freeware and even cracked apps. You can also set your own Itunes Library that you can listen while you are working. This is the privilege given to an Administrator. A power user is a user of a personal computer who has the ability to use advanced features of programs which are beyond the abilities of "normal" users, but is not necessarily capable of programming and system administration. In enterprise software systems such as Oracle or SAP, this title may go to an individual who is not a programmer, but who is a specialist in a transaction or a business process. The "Super User" in enterprise programs (SAP, Oracle) often refers to an individual who is an expert in a module or process within the enterprise system.
But Have you ever been tagged non compliant or got caught by IT with your office computer? Just received a email this morning that my machine is non compliant, I guess it was the software I installed last weekend which is prohibited to install in the company property. But I already removed them before starting the work week. So I got nervous and I thought that there maybe tracks or cache of the program that was not removed and telling the system that it still has the program installed. So What I did was to remove every trace of the application:Windows Command Prompt
1. Go to Start > Run and type cmd and Enter
2. Type "cd c:\" to change to the root of the C: drive.
At the c:\ prompt type "dir xxx.* /s" and press enter. Windows will (or should) search all directories on the drive. (Sometimes Windows explorer Search does not).
Also, do the same for any attached drives, ie. USB, LAN drives, that Windows sees as a drive letter, such as e:\.
After which, I re-run the security test and I was able to correct the non compliance. I am lucky since our company is still lax on corrective actions. Comparing with others, this instance will definitely cause you a memo or a corrective action.
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