will my boss (who is the network guy in my office, be able to see what I do, on but also off-line???
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JENKINS!!!! You know full well that it is against company policy to use computers for personal matters. I have noted that you logged onto answers.yahoo.com and have spent far too much time doing it.\n\nI want you and your personal belonings out the door within the hour, do I make myself CLEAR?!
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Does the title bar say (working offline) ?\nIf so, click on file, then on Work Offline ... and it will come back online.\n\n(You click on work offline to disconnect, and again to connect)
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Unless your internet connection is not broadband, the bandwidth shouldnt be that bad at your end, then even if there is download, it would only take a while, so if you sure that you need that bandwidth for work you should go to your boss to sort things out cause it is his business.
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That happened to me one time and my internet company said not to let that happen. Go through your regular hook up, and your internet will tell you what to do. You might want to get hold of them, otherwise others have control over your computer, an alternate hook up has free access into your computer.
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Anything you do while in the building or on equipment provided by an employer is their business.  It is not considered spying.\n\nYou can ask the IT person if your personal computer usage has ever set off an kind of alarm...tell him you are conscientious and want to make sure you fly under the radar...\n\nMost IT guys will appreciate that you are trying to do work at work and understand emails get checked there too.  If you ask up front to make sure you are not doing unauthorized stuff, no worry...\n\nMy company tracks usage but I listen to music all day so I generally show up as a heavy user.  When the tracking software shows him what I have been doing, he ignores it.\n\nTry switching to Yahoo Beta - then your email can always be open and the window in the task bar will tell you if you have anything to check!  \n\nAlso, my IT guy said my stuff is measured by "clicks" not time any window is open so opening and closing email measures more than leaving it open all the time in a minimized window.\n\nJust ask.
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Unfortunately there is no way to do this. \n\nThey probably monitor all of your activity anyway. I would wait until you can use another computer.
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No. If you're using a network workstation, then talk to the network administrator.
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You have a firewall on.  If your at home its probably a software one, either norton or windows (both of which are easy to turn off).  If you are at work then the firewall is on for good reason so just leave it be.
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If you get caught trying to bypass the access control, you will probably get fired, and maybe prosecuted for tampering with the company computer system.\n\nA second thought, if you are on good terms with the I.T. guy in your office, tell him your problem and ask him to  pull your Yahoo email for you, and hopefully, the powers that be won't know about it.\n\nIt will not look suspicious if he pulls the email for you, unless it is something company related that can get you in trouble.  In that case, chalk it up to experience and NEVER use the computer for PERSONAL USE - I thought everyone knew that by now!  It can kick you in the butt at the wrong time.\n\nThe I.T. guy in my office alerted me that "they read incoming/outgoing email."  \n\nHe warned me because I sent a resume from the office.  It wasn't for me, for one of the guys in the mailroom, who didn't know how to type a resume.  The I.T guy took me to the server room and showed me what he was talking about, wow, it's amazing, looking at personal email, a real eye opener.  From then on I used my home 'puter!  \n\nGood luck.
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I am just going to work, so to speak. Today is my "work from home" day where I connect to work through the internet.
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Network Neighborhood is the first place to look.\n\nIf you're concerned about someone spying on you, you should check all the icons in the System Tray (bottom right of screen by default). The only software you won't see is super-secret keylogging software that is used to spy on employees. They write that so it's invisible.
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Notify your network administrator
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check your status...it might be set appear offline
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Keep in mind that a networked computer at work shares files. The servers keep this information forever. That being said, the IT Dept. will catch you and you will lose your job. Is it really worth it? Just go to myspace at home or at a public library computer.
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Ask your IP department if they use Outlook Web Access (OWA). If they do, you can probably check your mail from the company's Web site.\n\nIf not, ask them if they have a VPN (virtual private network) you can log into to check your mail.\n\nIf not, ask them if you can connect to their servers from home, and if so, the server names, user names, etc. you need.
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You have two choices....leave your job or get fired for trying to bypass the IT Department's firewall.\n\nRumour has it that you're there to work, not to play.
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try to use a remote access to the computer at work so that way you are at home and accessing the program thru the company computer. you have to have to be able to have acces thru the firewall to access it. this is not hard to do but most people dont know you can even do it.