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It is one of my admin pet peeves. People leaving computers on when they leave to go home. Not a good practice.


What?

So you prefer thermally cycling the hardware daily?

Why...why is leaving computers on "not a good practice"?

I have systems here that have power cycled maybe twice in the last year.
 
What?

So you prefer thermally cycling the hardware daily?

Why...why is leaving computers on "not a good practice"?

I have systems here that have power cycled maybe twice in the last year.
Because he does not practice good security and it is a target? Just a guess.
 
What?

So you prefer thermally cycling the hardware daily?

Why...why is leaving computers on "not a good practice"?

I have systems here that have power cycled maybe twice in the last year.

I tell all my users to at least turn off their computers over the weekend.
The building turns off the air Sunday afternoon through Monday morning.
During the summer it can get quite hot inside the office.
I've had to go in to fix something on a hot Sunday afternoon, and I could hear any computers that where left on, because their fans where running full speed.
Luckily we have a separate 24/7 Air conditioner for the computer room. :p
 
What?

So you prefer thermally cycling the hardware daily?

Why...why is leaving computers on "not a good practice"?

I have systems here that have power cycled maybe twice in the last year.

I have no control over who may come or go after office hours. The cleaning staff has a key, the building maintenance staff has a key and I haver not found a company who would hire security staff to be on duty 24/7.

An unattended computer which is turned on and logged into, is a security risk.

As far as thermal cycles go, it saves the company money on the electric bill. With only the low voltage and data rooms getting full A/C, it also saves the computers. The bean counters appreciate that and I like making them happy too. Helps at the yearly budget negotiations.


Because he does not practice good security and it is a target? Just a guess.

That is worthy of bait for my trotlines! :LOL:
 
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In my environment it is not about allowing end users anything. Quite the opposite. I do everything I can to make sure they have as little control as possible. I control the deployment of updates in order to insure a stable and secure environment. I cannot do that with Windows 10. All my systems get patched very quickly, unless the patch causes problems.

I consider the telemetry data Microsoft gathers to be a security problem as well. Any data, leaving my network, having to do with the configuration of my systems is a security problem. If that data ever gets breeched, then our network will go down until I can reconfigure every aspect of it.

I could be mistaken, but you can use things like the Windows Update for Business, which I think is basically the same thing as the Windows Update Servers on Windows 7 where you would point your clients to a internal Windows update server where you load the approved updates that you want to distribute.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wufb

You need Windows 10 Enterprise edition, not just Windows 10 Professional for the clients.

You don't need to be bleeding edge, but Windows 7 will only be getting updates for two more years. You might as well start prepping now for the migration, and if you think Linux is a better option I think that is a bit nuts for end users. I got rid of my flip phone 10 years ago and I feel the same way about legacy Windows.

Windows 7 was great, it really was. But if you think telemetry data is a security risk then I can't understand your level of thinking. How does aggregated data risk you? If someone got that data so what? They know the CPU and RAM in your machines? Even if they could boil it down to your machines it contains no data that could allow someone to get into your network or system in any way shape or form.

With the ever increasing risk of today's world, having the best and most up to date patches is critical, Windows 10 is WAY more secure, at a kernel level, especially with end users, than Windows 7.
 
Our migration to Linux has been great, so far. The two departments I have migrated are liking it better than Windows.

I do not use any of the standard UI's available in Linux, which has helped quite a bit. I wrote a shell which has been working quite well for everyone. No mouse needed, yet still context sensitive. Full calendar/scheduler, message/email notifications and so on.

I really did not think it would have worked out as well as it has. Pretty happy about it all.

I see no reason why Linux cannot be used for end users. Call me nuts.
 
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