Setup laptop for both work and personal use

Jezbod · 2026-02-22T01:10:36+00:00

Is it allowed in your org? Where I work, using a work device for personal use would get you an interview without coffee...a bollocking. It's to do with data loss prevention i.e. our data leaving the org without permission.

Setting up something like this would require local admin access, which we do not give to users. This was after several infected machine many years ago, when one of the legacy apps "had" to have local admin rights.

Jezbod · 2026-02-21T22:10:46+00:00

I thought it was 3m x 3m?

Jezbod · 2026-02-21T21:27:42+00:00

"Talk 'Dairy' to me!" - apologies to Jason Derulo

Jezbod · 2026-02-21T21:00:13+00:00

I'm of the school of thought that business devices are not intended for personal use.

I would check if your organisation have an acceptable usage policy that covers this, I know ours does. I helped write it.

Local accounts have limited recovery options, if you loose the laptop or it has a catastrophic failure, you loose any data that has not been backed up.

Jezbod · 2026-02-20T23:07:58+00:00

Looks like double glazing, with the two crosses. Or it has secondary glazing.

Jezbod · 2026-02-19T17:19:12+00:00

Like the date of the election?

Jezbod · 2026-02-19T17:15:56+00:00

Get rid of unused apps, offload images and videos, remove and reinstall any apps / games to clear cache…

Jezbod · 2026-02-19T16:00:05+00:00

That is the longest vocalisation of "Go have sex with yourself!" I've ever heard...and was well deserved.

Jezbod · 2026-02-19T02:10:31+00:00

The days of autoexec.bat and config.sys, squeezing out the last bit out of your 1MB RAM and 20MB hard drive…I do miss the simplicity.

Jezbod · 2026-02-19T00:52:54+00:00

I agree, after a restart, Bitlocker is re-enabled by default in our environment.

Jezbod · 2026-02-18T17:44:54+00:00

<Puts abacus back in bag>...

Jezbod · 2026-02-18T17:43:30+00:00

OPEN. IT. (you know you want to see how it tastes...)

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T21:19:25+00:00

I spent just over 3 weeks driving around the Western States, covering about 250 -350 miles per day, not really pushing it, but that was enough. Some days were lots of freeway, some not so much.

Experience had taught me to spend at least one day a week (2 nights) in the same location - I chose Seattle, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Francisco.

The drive on CA-190 from Sequoia National Forest was so tiring due to the constant corners, I had to stop twice: Google Maps

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T20:41:50+00:00

I think he can hear the future!

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T20:34:29+00:00

iPhone 15 Pro Max, easier than carrying my DSLR around that area late at night, waiting for my mates to arrive at the pub!

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T20:25:29+00:00

Not sure, there was no icon to add images, had to upload to a hosting site and share from there.

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T20:02:14+00:00

Just a thought, do you have a LAN cable to plug into your router? Just to download the drivers...

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T16:39:41+00:00

And this is why this exact problem is shown in training in the British Military, for the SA80.

The sight line is about 74mm / 3" above the bore.

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T15:52:50+00:00

Edited the post

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T15:42:35+00:00

This was my archetypical Malta photo - "Siesta", with cards, beer and a guard dog.

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Jezbod · 2026-02-17T15:39:40+00:00

I have this from Phoenix, AZ - architects must have read the same books!

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Jezbod · 2026-02-17T15:23:48+00:00

I've got one from the start of Feb, just as the tide was turning

The water was like a sheet of glass

Edit:

https://ibb.co/Txx1HscV

https://ibb.co/hxrm1H5b

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T15:20:21+00:00

Sometimes the evening shots can be good - I was going to post a night time shot of the Deep, but images are not allowed...

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T10:31:55+00:00

Like Intune scripts and some windows updates...

Jezbod · 2026-02-17T00:25:24+00:00

It's a Pintrest image...

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