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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: abubucker0 on June 17, 2008, 11:58:23 PM

Title: surfing in college.
Post by: abubucker0 on June 17, 2008, 11:58:23 PM: well guys i right now sitting in my coll lab. it has amazing internet speed :o
i cannot install anything here cos i don't have the required previlages.....
i was tryn to download a torrent file directly from the net using http://www.bitlet.org/ but it shows that i don't have java plugin's when i try to download them from the java site it says to click on the activex control (that yello line on the top of the screen) but i don't see any thing on the browser........
the os is win xp sp2
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on June 18, 2008, 12:06:30 AM: ....a torrent file, eh.........This doesn't break any of our rules does it?

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,58736.0.htm
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: soybean on June 18, 2008, 09:24:41 AM: Quote from: abubucker0 on June 17, 2008, 11:58:23 PM
well guys i right now sitting in my coll lab. it has amazing internet speed :o
i cannot install anything here cos i don't have the required previlages.....
i was tryn to download a torrent file directly from the net using http://www.bitlet.org/ but it shows that i don't have java plugin's when i try to download them from the java site it says to click on the activex control (that yello line on the top of the screen) but i don't see any thing on the browser........
the os is win xp sp2
Seems quite obvious, certain features are disabled on those college lab computers. Clearly, you have no business downloading and installing software on them.
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: abubucker0 on June 18, 2008, 03:02:54 PM: Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on June 18, 2008, 12:06:30 AM
....a torrent file, eh.........This doesn't break any of our rules does it?

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,58736.0.htm
well dude i was not asking about how to download the torrent file........
my question was about the activex thing 8)
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: patio on June 18, 2008, 05:23:15 PM: If the Lab IT guys have 1/2 a brain ActiveX is probably locked down completely...
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: abubucker0 on June 19, 2008, 10:50:31 AM: Quote from: patio on June 18, 2008, 05:23:15 PM
If the Lab IT guys have 1/2 a brain ActiveX is probably locked down completely...
my lab IT guys have 1/10 of a brain and still they have completly locked down Activex.......
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: soybean on June 19, 2008, 11:11:49 AM: Eh, you still need a reality check, it seems. Locking down Activex in a computer lab that's used by many students for many purposes is not dumb. I don't know how smart the IT guys there are, but locking down Activex in such an environment looks smart, not dumb.
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: abubucker0 on June 21, 2008, 10:22:09 AM: anyway it doesn't matter whether they are smart or dumb.....
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: evilfantasy on June 24, 2008, 07:22:25 PM: Trying to and actually finding a way to get around set security is a good way to get in big trouble. It's best to follow the rules and play on your own time, not theirs.

Do you actually think they aren't logging and/or can't see what your doing?
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: diablo416 on June 24, 2008, 09:57:47 PM: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240797
Title: Re: surfing in college.
Post by: Calum on June 25, 2008, 03:10:44 AM: This topic contravenes the forum rules, we do not assist with circumventing security measures.
Topic closed.