Re: Interactive Logon??????

From: Jim B (jamesbutton_at_cablei-net.co.uk)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:45:22 -0000

Exo,

I think the key points here are
someone logging into her computer without letting her know
and
my boss had authorized me to do so.

As an administrator, and user - I would be annoyed if the PC system assigned
to me, and the content of which I would be held responsible was accessed
without my knowledge.

And - Does your boss have the appropriate authority to authorise you to
access that person's PC

(Privacy laws - both re the users personal data and responsibility, and
possibly a breach of criminal law depending on the work, and data that
person was dealing with on the PC)

I - would suggest a small amount of humble-pie would help the working
relationship -

An apology for not being able to warn her that you would need access due to
short notice, or out of 'office hours' working,

And mention that, while you only do what is needed, without examining the
data files,
if the data on her PC should be treated as secure and confidential then she
should remind her manager of that need, and have a separate caddy'd hard
drive installed so she can lock the data disk in a proper safe.
Alternatively if is her personal data - emails etc. she should be aware that
the company, (by law) needs to be able to certify that the data held, or
transmitted from/via/to company systems is not offensive, abusive or
libellous, etc. and has been secured on long term storage for possible
presentation in court.
To do that they need to examine the entire contents of any, and all the
company computer systems, regardless of their assignment conditions -
including being assigned solely for personal, and private use at a person's
home - If it's a company computer, then it's subject to the legal record
keeping, and disclosure requirements.

I think the points been laboured over enough - but

Keeping data on any PC is fraught with legal liabilities

James Button

"Exo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1555901c3fa43$9152c760$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Yeah, you are right.
> But I thought it can be done, technically.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> -Exo
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >What you are doing is authorized. Let her learn to live
> with it,
> >or address her concerns up her chain of management.
> >It is possible to shut off the display of the last logged
> in user.
> >There is no built-in way to alter what is shown when the
> display
> >is enabled. However, it is just a reg key value.
> >Changing this is not worth the effort as she will just
> learn to
> >examine other signs of login by accounts other than hers
> if
> >she is in fact as you describe.
> >
> >
> >"Exo" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:1411c01c3f7fb$d703ac60$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I, Administrator, have logged into a user's computer as
> my
> >> boss had authorized me to do so. However, this
> particular
> >> user is very anal about someone logging into her
> computer
> >> without letting her know....
> >>
> >> If I logged in/out as Administrator, it's going to
> display
> >> the last logged in user which Administrator and not her
> >> username.
> >>
> >> How can I eliminate that trace? What can i do to make
> sure
> >> that her username always appears in the login field even
> >> if after I logged in/out as Administrator on her system?
> >>
> >> Any help on this would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks In Advance.
> >>
> >> -Exo
> >
> >
> >.
> >