Win NT / Outlook Express

[Richard]

Have a friend whose work pc uses NT. She has an interest in using Outlook Express for some of her emails. Her work place has told them that they cannot ADD any new software and as such, Windows Explorer seems to be not 'available", nor is "run"...seems they have battened down the hatches on what is available to use or even see on her pc.

As I was via phone, trying to find out what was aviailable to her to try to help, we finally went into Word and browsed her C drive to find out that Outlook Express IS in fact on her machine. SOoooooooo, I told her why not try to use it..after all, her compaly said she cannot ADD any software and OE is in fact, already ON her machine, as provided to her by them.

Well, this made sense to her...so NOW, the question is, how to access it?

Her desktop as I understand it (again via phone, not seen myself) has her basic icons..Word, Excel, Netscape, though they are now changing over to IE.

The program IS on her machine, yet because of her windows explorer not being evidently accessable, nor her run command..I'm clueless as to HOW we can try to access OE, or even if it is possible.

Any thoughts/suggestons?

(if this works...does this make me a hacker?)

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(what if it doesn't work??)
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Richard

 

[gws]

If she is running a locked down desktop then You may not be able to run it. At work there are some machines that are controlled. We dont want users doing anything that they are not suppose to do. If they dont need outlook they dont get to use it. even if its on their machine. You might want to find out if your friend will get in trouble if they use something they are not suppose to. Maybe they dont want people to use outlook because its one of the most buggy, virus prone software packages on the market.

 

[Wingnut]

if she can see the programs, then all she has to do is use one of the file managers (Explorer, I would imagine) to go to the directory and then find the outlook.exe file and doubleclick on it.
While in Explorer, she can also create a shortcut and drop it on the desktop.

Wingnut

 

[Richard]

I suspect the term "locked down" will describe her situation. The only thing I can say is the memo said that their tech people would NOT support nor be responsible for any software that she ADDED to the machine...as such, that is my cue that she can use it since they did not remove it!!

Richard

 

[Richard]

She has NO access to a file manager as far as I know. She has NO access to her "run" command in her start bar. So this avenue doesn't seem to be available. The only way she seems to have to see what is even on her c drive is through Word or someting like that where she can browse to find a file. We DID find the exe file for OE, and tryied to copy it so she could paste it to her desktop....didn't work.

I suspect the "lock down" as so aptly described above will prevent us from getting it to work.

Richard

 

[looch]

As the sys admin for our company, I would be somewhat irritated by any attempts to circumvent the policies that have been put in place. Your interpretation of the policy may very well be valid, but it's what I call "fishing." Besides, a company that locks down desktops like that probably has a firewall in place that prevents POP3 from reaching the internal network anyway.

You know, we don't just dream up these rules on a whim to try and make things difficult for the users.

 

[Richard]

I whole heartedly agree with the irritation one may feel by the fishing (I like that) others may do. So if "I" were the sys admin, I would simply delete that which I did not want them to have so that they could not obfuscate what the meaning of is..is. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif. In other words, only install that which "belongs" (by decree of what ever the policy is). Then one would have to in fact, violate the policy to achieve their goal, rather than to try to twist the ingredients that are already there.

I had not thought about the POP3 not being accessable.

Touche' !!
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Richard

 

[MossRoad]

I'm pretty sure that the machine is locked down by policies set in NT. If she goes through all the trouble of setting it up, the next time she logs out and back in, it probably won't be there. She might also raise the wrath of the MIS department, and it takes a lot of licorice to get those folks back on your good side. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Also sounds like a good way to get a reprimand in your file. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

 

[Richard]

HER file!!!

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[MossRoad]

/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif That depends how good a friend she is /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif