Sheesh, get over yourself mate. SMS isn't evil big brother software, it's a damn convenient way for site administrators to keep all machines updated. Microsoft oftens releases poorly written code, but most of it has a real purpose. Contrary to the bad press they get, their goal is NOT to punish the user. That's just a feature. Almost all systems come with some way to remote upgrade, even Unix machines can be upgraded by logging in remotely.

Second, you are overstating your case because CLIMONTV95 does not run on NT, and I doubt it runs on ME either. The program that runs on NT is called CLIMONNT. You are actually whinging about 95/98 crashing. If you insist on running lightweight desktop OSs then you're going to get the problems that come with them. Move to NT/2k.

You also give the game away when you say "slowing down or crashing in the middle of the night and even a few minutes after the test starts". So the SMS programs run fine for everyone else in the company, they run fine when you aren't running your test programs but they crash soon after you start the test programs. Check your programs aren't running away and consuming all the system resources. Note that there are more scarce resources than memory/drivespace - if you instance lots of GDI objects you can run out of 'system resources' while you still have megs left.

The correct way to deal with the problem is:
1 find out who in the IT department runs the SMS system, check that they have configured SMS correctly, then explain you need it removed from your test machines. Asking your boss to do this is not likely to work, since he may not have all the details/be that interested (varies with your boss).
2 kill CLIMON from the process list after bootup/logon - no process, no crash. This way you get the immediate updates that you may need, but the process won't get in your way.
3 Stop reading conspiracy websites, they're bad for your mind.

This post may seem a little rude, but you should have seen it before I edited it. People who describe themselves as power users are a menace. I've got one here at moment who rings me up saying things like "Do we have Bus-Mastering network cards on the server?"
me:"Yes."
him:"How do you know that?"
me:"..."
(I did a PNP dump when I installed them, but how do you explain that to someone who thinks PNP is a transistor type?).

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In reply to Re: Big Brother Is Watching? by jepri
in thread Big Brother Is Watching? by JohnB

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