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Question: I cannot install anything on my work computer, but want to be able to chat with my friends...

Is there a completely web-based messenger out there I can use?

(Web-based ICQ (ICQ2Go) doesn't work, since Microsoft Virtual Machine is disabled...)

Another thing: Many websites are blocked by Websense.

Is there a way to bypass this, maybe by using an "anonymizer" service. Note that regular "Proxy Avoidance Systems" are blocked too...

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you could use miranda icq. you don't have to install it. just unzip and run. no registry entries or anything like that.

even easily fits on a floppy.

there was one russian website that had totaly web based icq service..and it was free...can't seem to find it right now. it was posted on nnm.ru a few month ago

Seems like that's probably not the best thing in the world.

Companines normally block people out of site's, download's, ect for a reason. They want to work when at work!

Put yourself in the IT departments shoes for a minute, Would you like to be that guy that every week has to reimage 100+ machines cuz there is so much junk downloaded on to them? Been there done that, hated it. People are so stupid they will download gator, bonzi buddy, seems' people are drawn to spyware. It eventully could get so bad that it could bring the network to it's knee's.

Now I bet if your IT department had a choice, and knew that no one was for sure gonna download some virus or B.S. program they would let you do what ever you wanted. But paying some one to reimage machine's or what ever get's costly, or a employe that doesn't work because he is to busy IMing or Emailing or Downloading, shouldn't be a employee. Thats what home is for.

Think about what you ask man. Think about your fellow employes who may not be so "responsible"

That's why in the spirt of Computer Tech support, I will refere you to your System Adm. He/she will explain it in better detail.

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Originally posted by apogee

Question: I cannot install anything on my work computer, but want to be able to chat with my friends...

Is there a completely web-based messenger out there I can use?

(Web-based ICQ (ICQ2Go) doesn't work, since Microsoft Virtual Machine is disabled...)

Another thing: Many websites are blocked by Websense.

Is there a way to bypass this, maybe by using an "anonymizer" service. Note that regular "Proxy Avoidance Systems" are blocked too...

i can identify with that feeling...so i don't blame you.

can you just tell me what company you work for, so i don't ever buy anything from them?:p

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Originally posted by kxgard3

Companines normally block people out of site's, download's, ect for a reason. They want to work when at work!

i was gonna say that.. !! oh well u beat me to it..

narnarnar i can download what ever i want here. .lol.. just humor no one take that personally. :p

I never thought my question would generate so many stupid answers...

I am at a 6 month lease at an external company, doing absolutely nothing but staring at a phone that might ring two times a day.

I only want to surf non-porn, non-illegal websites (like Neowin), but they are blocked by Websense...

I never wanted the sysadmin to disable all restrictions they have on the company network, I fully understand this is not a good idea.

I did not ask for a debate, just a simple answer to my question.

Just found out from another thread (link), that surfing through Guardster will bypass Websense.

Now I only have to find a messenger-like service that does not require any installation or java-stuff to run.

If you have any tips, please reply. :)

If not, don't bother. :right:

I appreciate Neowin and everyone contributing in the forums, but there is a lot of irrelevant rubbish going on, don't you agree?

You better check the company's policies before you install anything otherwise you may be out of a job soon...especially if it's obvious that you went out of your way to circumvent the safeguards that your company has put in place to prevent this kind of activity. And, if you are spending that much time staring at the phone, I would already be worried about my job security if I were you....no need to add to it's insecurity.

IMO American's have become very inefficient at the workplace, having the web as another distraction doesn't help. I say take away the web from everyone except those that absolutely need it and I'll bet most people could get the same job done in half the time.

Welcome to the discussion intensityx... We're really having fun here ;)

Which parts of my posts in this topic did you not understand?

Maybe all of them?

I am not planning on installing anything, in fact it is not possible, as I've stated before.

I do not need you to tell me how to do my job.

I will not misuse the company network or workstations in any way, but I do not need to tell you that.

I do know the company policy, which is to disable the option to f*ck up the workstations and network by installing stuff like Bonzi Buddy, Gator and similar crap, in addition to wasting work time by surfing the web. Although the people working here on a day to day basis are using the PC, the general PC knowledge is at a minimum, which makes this decision not hard to understand...

I just (obviously) need to point out that I did not start this thread as a debate about work efficiency.

Keep your opinions to yourself, or route them to another thread.

Sorry for being so harshe, but I am not a comatose 14-year old kid sitting around downloading warez and stuff while I should be working.

Suggesting that I am makes me slightly angry (as you can see ;) )

I appreciate any debate about real world issues like work moral, but that is not the topic here.

My question was a simple software question, but at this point I am sorry for telling you the background for my inquiry...

But hey, a hot debate is fun, isn' it? :p

I'm sorry if i came across like i was preaching at you. that's not what i intended. But i do think that most people don't realize the implications of the stuff they do on their corporate networks.

As a network engineer, I often get frustrated by the legions of individuals that choose to misuse company network resources and computers...all of which eventually has to be fixed or accounted for by the IT department. People need to realize that there are reasons that policies to restrict computer and network use are put in place. The IT department doesn't impliment these safeguards just to be jerks, it's a matter of security and productivity.

What many people don't understand is that a simple messenger program or even a java applet can pose a serious security risk for a network environment...This is something that a good network administrator is always concered about. After all on of the the biggest security threats to a company are it's own employees.

Anyway, like I said, I didn't mean to come across like I was preaching at you. I'm sure you wouldn't willingly do anything to cause a problem. What mostly concerns me, is the stuff that people do without even knowing that they could be creating a problem.

Believe me, if I worked as a network engineer, I would also lash out at anyone threathening to compromize network security.

No really, I completely understand.

Fact is that most of the people who use computers as their primary work tool will f*ck up their workstations at some point by downloading and installing crap, crap, and that other stuff called crap. Oh yeah, not to forget Bonzi Buddy and his mother Gator mentioned before (if you have those on your computer, well sorry, but you're simply too stupid to be allowed near a computer!).

Unless mr. sysadmin has done his job, like he has here.

Good thing then, that I do not plan on doing that, just run a browser window.

I am trying Yahoo! and AIM Express as we speak, but Yahoo! seems to be down, and AIM Express does not connect (maybe port is closed).

Ah well...

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