in reply to Re^5: dmake installation
in thread dmake installation

ricDeez:

If it was fully locked down, then your USB drive wouldn't be very useful. Unfortunately, I work at such a place. I can't even use the DVD player to play audio CDs. It's bad enough that I don't use my work laptop at work for doing anything but EMail and accessing the corporate net. For real work, I use my pre-merger laptop. What makes it worse is that I'm always having to switch between the machines, and the screen timeout on the useless (corporate) laptop is painfully short, and unchangeable, so I'm always having to re-enter my password to get back into the thing.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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Re^7: dmake installation
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 22, 2013 at 08:43 UTC

    What makes it worse is that I'm always having to switch between the machines, and the screen timeout on the useless (corporate) laptop is painfully short, and unchangeable, so I'm always having to re-enter my password to get back into the thing.

    Just curious, what is that?

    Some folks I knew though 15minutes was too short

      15 minutes would be nice. The screen locks in five minutes of inactivity. If I'm on an online meeting and someone is screen-sharing and I'm watching along, if i don't remember to wiggle the mouse every couple of minutes, the screen locks again. Or if someone stops by my desk to ask a question, I swivel back to my monitor and have to unlock it. Five minutes is ridiculously short.

      ...roboticus

      When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.