Recommended Posts

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...

Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/29432-no-access-from-work/
Share on other sites

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.

  Quote
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

  Quote
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...

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • KDE brings Wayland PiP to Plasma 6.5, adds finishing touches to 6.4 as release nears by David Uzondu The KDE team has released its This Week in Plasma update, showing the final polish being applied to Plasma 6.4 ahead of its June 17 release. Last week, the KDE team brought performance upgrades, and this week the team is continuing that with improvements like faster loading for System Monitor components in Plasma 6.4. Future work for Plasma 6.5 is already underway, and it includes a feature that many have probably been waiting for: proper Picture-in-Picture support on Wayland. This uses an experimental version of the Wayland PiP protocol, which means applications like Firefox that also implement it can finally display PiP windows correctly. It is a long-overdue addition that moves the Wayland session closer to feature parity with X11. The devs also merged KWin's Background Contrast effect into the Blur effect. Virtual desktops can now be re-ordered from the Pager widget, a feature previously missing. Invert and Zoom settings have been moved into the Accessibility page, which is a more sensible place for them than the Desktop Effects page was. The team also brought consistency to the Breeze application style, with animated effects for checkboxes and radio buttons now working in QtQuick-based apps. Other small cleanups include standardizing the section headers in the Disks & Devices, Networks, and Bluetooth widgets. For those who do a lot of screen recording, Spectacle now makes it much clearer how to stop a recording, both in its notifications and shortcut names. As for the immediate future, Plasma 6.4 and its first point release are getting accessibility and user interface tweaks. The team improved text contrast for labels used in secondary roles throughout Plasma, making things like brightness indicators much easier to read. The Kicker Application Menu in 6.4 can now scroll horizontally when a search returns a ton of results, so you can actually see all of them. The team also delivered some stability improvements in Plasma 6.4.0, most notably fixing a long-standing issue where adding widgets to oversized panels could freeze the entire shell. Discover also got a much-needed fix for a crash that occurred when suggesting replacements for unsupported Flatpak apps. On the usability side, dragging files into a Folder View widget no longer causes glitchy visuals, and Open and Save dialogs from Flatpak-based browsers now properly allow the preview pane to open. Printing from Flatpak GTK apps now respects correct sizing, and installing or removing apps no longer wipes out your search input in Kicker or Kickoff while you're using it. Other notable fixes include: Selection rectangles on the desktop now render properly when using custom fonts or sizes (Plasma 6.3.6) A crash in System Monitor charts used by apps and Plasma components has been resolved (Frameworks 6.15) Switching process views in System Monitor no longer causes crashes (Frameworks 6.16) Open and Save dialogs no longer close when hovering over specific files (Frameworks 6.16) A thumbnailer crash on X11 caused by certain widget styles has been fixed (KDE Gear 25.04.3) Frameworks 6.15 also speeds up System Monitor by delaying tree view arrow loading There are still 3 high-priority Plasma bugs holding out, and the list of quick-win "15-minute bugs" has grown to 23.
    • Hasleo Backup Suite Free 5.4.2.0 by Razvan Serea Hasleo Backup Suite Free is a free Windows backup and restore software, which embeds backup, restore and cloning features, it is designed for Windows operating system users and can be used on both Windows PCs and Servers. The backup and restore feature of Hasleo Backup Suite can help you back up and restore the Windows operating systems, disks, partitions and files (folders) to protect the security of your Windows operating system and personal data. The cloning feature of Hasleo Backup Suite can help you migrate Windows to another disk, or easily upgrade a disk to an SSD or a larger capacity disk. System Backup & Restore / Disk/Partition Backup & Restore Backup Windows operating system and boot-related partitions, including user settings, drivers and applications installed in these partitions, which ensures that you can quickly restore your Windows operating system once it crashes. Viruses, power failure, or other unknown reasons may cause data loss, so it is a good habit to regularly back up the drive that stores important files, you can at least recover lost files from the backup image files in the event of a disaster. System Clone / Disk Clone / Partition Clone Migrate the Windows operating system from one disk to another SSD or larger disk without reinstalling Windows, applications and drivers. Clone entire disk to another disk and ensure that the contents of the source disk and the destination disk are exactly the same. Clone a partition completely to the specified location on the current disk or another disk and ensure that the data will not be changed. File Backup & Restore Back up specified files(folders) instead of the entire drive to another location to protect your data, so you can quickly restore files(folders) from the backup image files when needed. Incremental/Differential/Full Backup Different backup modes are supported, you can flexibly choose data protection schemes, which can improve backup performance and save storage space while ensuring data security. Delta Restore Delta restore uses advanced delta detection technology to check the changed blocks on the destination drive and restore only the changed blocks, so it has a faster restore speed than the traditional full restore. Universal Restore This feature can help us restore the Windows operating system to computers with different hardware and ensure that Windows can work normally without any hardware compatibility issues. Hasleo Backup Suite 5.4.2.0 changelog: Added backup image delete feature Added storage path management feature Improved file backup feature Show application notifications in Windows Notification Center Various other bug fixes and feature improvements Download: Hasleo Backup Suite 5.4.2.0 | 34.4 MB (Freeware) Links: Hasleo Backup Suite Website | Hasleo Backup Suite Guide | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Fresh leak suggests OnePlus Pad Lite in the works, key specs revealed by Sagar Naresh Bhavsar OnePlus recently unveiled the mid-range OnePlus 13s and the OnePlus Pad 3 Android tablet in India (the tablet is also coming to the U.S.). Now, it appears that the company is working on another tablet, this time, a budget model called the OnePlus Pad Lite. Supposedly, it will be the successor to the OnePlus Pad Go, which launched in the U.K., India, and European countries. According to the leaked images, OnePlus Pad Lite follows the same design elements as earlier OnePlus tablets. The tablet is shown to have a circular camera at the center of the rear panel, with the logo sitting in the middle. The USB-C port and speaker grills are located on the right side frame of the tablet. The alleged OnePlus Pad Lite measures 254.9 x 166.5 x 7.4mm and weighs 539 grams, which is slightly taller, wider, and thinner, but weighs less compared to the OnePlus Pad Go. The tablet, courtesy of 91Mobiles and OnLeaks, is displayed in blue, which could be the only color option. One image shows the tablet with a cover that doubles as a kickstand, but may be sold separately. Gallery: OnePlus Pad Lite Based on the leaked specs, the OnePlus Pad Lite could feature an 11-inch LCD 1920x1080 resolution 90Hz display. It could be powered by the MediaTek Helio G100 processor and paired with the Mali G57 GPU. The tablet may come with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage, with more storage and RAM options available at launch. Reportedly, the OnePlus Pad Lite could feature a 5MP primary camera and a 5MP selfie camera. Under the hood, it could be juiced by a 9,340 mAh battery. On the software side, OnePlus Pad Lite may come with OxygenOS 15.0.1 based on Android 15 out of the box. There is no clarity on which market OnePlus plans to launch the OnePlus Pad Lite in. However, the report suggests that it could be priced under ₹20,000 (roughly $231). Images by 91mobiles x OnLeaks
  • Recent Achievements

    • One Month Later
      5i3zi1 earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      5i3zi1 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      julien02 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • One Year In
      Drewidian1 earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Explorer
      Case_f went up a rank
      Explorer
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      544
    2. 2
      ATLien_0
      227
    3. 3
      +FloatingFatMan
      160
    4. 4
      Michael Scrip
      113
    5. 5
      +Edouard
      102
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!