Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:16:39 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: www.freebsd.org won't load in IE 7.x in vista box. Message-ID: <47174097.6050100@pacific.net.sg> In-Reply-To: <20071018061434.044D.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net> References: <20071017222348.GE834@gilmour.subvert.org.uk> <20071017234423.GA14106@parts-unknown.org> <20071018061434.044D.GERARD-SEIBERT@seibercom.net>
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Hi, Gerard wrote: > On October 17, 2007 at 07:44PM David Benfell wrote: > > > [ ... ] > >> But I believe Firefox is also one of the few pieces of software >> that can be installed on a Windows system without administrator >> privileges; you just install it in the user account space, and >> the Windows system will remember it with the rest of the "user >> account settings" and not trouble other users of that system >> with it. > > Please define 'administrator privileges' and how it is used at your place of > employment. I know of several instances where simply using a piece of software > that was not pre-authorised by the proper personnel, usually the SA, will get > you fired. Most system administrators do not want their systems polluted with > software that they did not install or authorized for use. The reasons are > quite obvious > > do I understand you right? You say that it is normal that users get fired because system administrators are not able to administer their systems properly? Man, fire the management. Erich
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