Computer help

Well, you can see what processes are running in your background and possibly you have an application running on it that is acting like a firewall.

If you use a program like hijackthis/security task manager (which you can get from download.com) you can then shut it down and cause it not to load again.. Or if you want, you can go to start, run, then go to regedit and see what objects are loaded at startup.

Check your system tray, any security/firewall programs activated?

Part of the problem also may be that your work has websites restricted on the computer or network device (router. etc) that you connect through. You can generally go to a redirect website that acts as a proxy to go around this some times.

Or if you are using Windows XP, go to Start--Run--Type in"msconfig"-- go to the "start up" tab and check the programs you want to start up. If you don't know what the extensions are, type them in Google and it will tell you.

-People say marijuana ruins your life, I just say I take the scenic route-

^that does work too, to stop some processes from running that are init at startup, but then you are running a selective startup each time you start windows, which will work, but you might as well permanently get rid of the entries by going to your registry (Start > Run > regedit )

Then deleting entries you don't want from your 'run' section.

Off the top of my head, I think it's :
Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

be careful on what you remove in registry. it could seriously screw things up. heh

That is true Ghost... but good thing about XP and REGISTY is that it backs up your last settings, so if you fuck up your registry you can always go back and fix it.

-People say marijuana ruins your life, I just say I take the scenic route-

yea I'm pretty sure Norred has gotten nothing out of this thread. Editing the registry is complicated before you know what you're doing. Hell, it's complicated AFTER you know what you're doing

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And this is why I originally suggested a program called security task manager from download.com. It keeps things pretty simple and a novice can use it.

If he doesn't know what a process in the list is, he can go to google and type it in.. It's amazing what comes up. If he does have an application on his computer that's acting like a firewall or restricting his internet access then the application name is usually pretty straightforward and easy to determine.

Also I suggested that he could go to a redirect/proxy website that'll connect him through to a website if it's blocked. I remember some people had posted a list of a few a while back for the getting around school filters thread.

It's not that hard, I thought I made it pretty simple.

GD...your pretty close with the Registry string....though Hkey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run is for user specific software, where Hkey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run has more global settings. Most people dont know to check them both.

Where exactly do you work...if its government they usually do a really good job of blocking any access to all routes into config settings so the standard ones listed above dont do much. Even to the extent of locking out the installation of ANY software unless its included in the clean network boot file which is reloaded everytime.

CMc - *NSFD* ------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "Son , when you participate in sporting events, its not whether you win or loose, its how drunk you get." - Homer

It's not government, its a medical supply company and all I want to do is download Itunes so I can reload my Ipod. When I try and run it is says that it's been restricted by the administrator, then closes.



Jeremy

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haha, that software is a pain in the ass. In one of my networking classes, the program DeepFreeze was installed.

You'd completely forget about the program and going around it, and then you'd spent a whole bunch of time configuring stuff on the computer. The second you'd try to install something though, you'd get a blue screen and the comptuer would lock up. and kindly reloading all the original settings for you, heh.

most likely if where you are working for has any common IT sense your user account you log onto the computer with has restricted access, your user account must be designated power user or administrator to be able to install programs. If you think you need a prgram installed so that you can do your work talk to yoour IT people, if it is just something to mess with there is a reason you are restricted from installing programs. remember you are at WORK. make friendly with your IT people at work and get them to do you a favor.

if it is just websites that are blocked then a redirect website may help, then again if your IT guys are good they would have blocked those redirect websites as well.

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without knowing exactly what they have in place to restrict you its kinda tough to tell you how to get around it. They could be doing something as simple as making you a restricted user with XP...or they could be running some funky lockdown app

CMc - *NSFD* ------------------------------------- -------------------------------- "Son , when you participate in sporting events, its not whether you win or loose, its how drunk you get." - Homer

I should be working anyway, oh well. Thanks for the info though.



Jeremy

There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the mashed potatoes.

I'd rather be rich than stupid.