Re: Nosey coworkers

From: Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\) (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 06/12/05 

Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 22:43:00 -0400

Juan

The OP should NOT have Yahoo Messenger installed on her 'work' computer.. in
no way can this be part of a company platform..

The OP should NOT be accessing websites that are not work related..

The only business that should show up on the OP's computer is the business
of the company that employs her.. how is any of that 'private'?

There are NO rights to privacy regarding material on a company computer
other than the business of the company should NOT be disclosed to people
outside of the company.. you may be familiar with Non-Disclosure
Agreements..

Being the administrator of an XP computer implies nothing with regard to
employment status within a company..

The OP seems unsure as to who is accessing her computer, but seems to assume
that it is from the computers own keyboard/mouse.. it could well be that the
system administrator is monitoring her system remotely..

Re. respect.. an employee should show respect to the employer by NOT
conducting personal business on a company computer.. use of any program not
included in the company platform should be cleared with the system
administrator before it is loaded and run.. one of the reasons for this is
because companies do not want their network prejudiced by programs that have
free access in and out..

This newsgroup exists to help computers users who have valid problems with
the operation of Windows XP.. we can NOT offer advice on how to hide
'tracks' from people who may have a right to know what is 'going down'..

Is all of that 'blunt' enough for you?.. oops, I forgot to state that the
above applies to all genders of employee.. 

-- 
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Juan" <soyquiensoy@terra.com> wrote in message 
news:OjAU6hsbFHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Gentlemen; I believe you all are missing the point, what Rena says is that
> co-workers are snooping on her private matters and the right to privacy is
> everyone's legal right be it in the USA or anywhere else and that includes
> the workplace unless company policy states otherwise.... and she did 
> mention
> she has nothing to hide, so it's not a matter of privacy but of 
> harassment.
> Co-workers do not have the right to look or try to look at her personal
> stuff,... that,.. gentlemen, is against the law and you should not be 
> taking
> sides with the snoopers unless you believe that civil right in the US and
> specially for women should be taken a notch back...  She mentioned only
> co-workers and not superiors... so this comment; ("A company computer 
> should
> be used for company business only, regardless of what you may think, and
> they have a right to enforce it") has no place here, she did not mention 
> any
> superiors snooping in subordinate's matters,  it's the other way arround,
> she seems to be the superior in the department, her being the 
> administrator
> in the computer seems to prove it... the only thing she has against her is
> that she seems to be the most computer illiterate in the department and
> coworkers are taking advantage of that.  So, it's up to you to help her 
> not
> to take sides in an ntifeministic maner.   Sorry if i'm being blunt
> gentlemen, but respect is what society needs more of and with your 
> comments,
> you are not helping to make things any better.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> "rena" <rena@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:89DD4DD1-F246-43EC-9BED-7FB446FD9567@microsoft.com...
>> Hi, my question is this. My coworkers or 1 of them snoops on my p.c. I am
> the
>> administrater of the P.C. . I have made a password for my log in,always
> clear
>> history, cookies and so on yet he still knows when i log in when i log 
>> out
>> whom has messeged me on yahoo messenger and where I have been.  I havnt
>> anything to hide but it realy bothers me and i believe in privacy. Can
> anyone
>> help me keep my buisness only my buisness?
>
>

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