[clue-tech] Windows 7 recommendation

[David L. Willson]

Whoa...

1) Does Encryption Anywhere prevent VBox and VMware Player from working?

2) What happened to asking your local support guy(s) for help with this? I seem to have heard you say that you get some business benefit from running a Linux. Do I mis-remember? Usually, that means you get to run a Linux.

David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
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----- "Jason Friedman" <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:

> > A third possible option is if your laptop has E-SATA capabilities. 
> If so,
> > you can use an external SATA drive which is nearly as fast as an
> internal.
> > The downside being you'd need to carry a bulky external drive around
> with
> > you.
> 
> I have struck out so far.  I understand now that the Encryption
> Anywhere probably would have doomed me, but even if that was not
> going
> to be an issue, I could not even make a repair disk or shrink the
> partition, because my Helpdesk configured my machine to require
> administrative privileges to do so.  And, while there may be tools
> out
> there that would allow me to circumvent those restrictions, they seem
> risky, and I definitely do not want to be in a position where my
> machine is unusable and I have to explain to my boss why.
> 
> I may consider purchasing a box with my own money.  My old work
> desktop was a dual boot and I was able to connect to the company
> network with it.  I can use remote-desktop to connect to the company
> laptop when I need to.
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