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What is not constructive about:
why not contact your ppc
maker and ask them if they can provide custom ROM's, and pay them for the
work?
And I'm sure you will have outsourced work in the past if it is beyond
your (companies) resource(s).
"Terry" <tntgeb@cablelynx.com> wrote in message
news:eIIX5ocyEHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Alan you are not giving me anything here. We are a medium size
> manufacturing company that has one IT person. A lot of the jobs are cross
> trained and so each of us help out where we can. I am the biggest PPC
user
> so I stated that I would try and find a solution. As to the suggestion of
> just getting rid of the problem people...it is hard to prove that they are
> doing this intentionally. It is our speculation that they are creating a
> situation purposely that requires a hard reset.
>
> I need constructive solutions.
>
> Terry
>
> "AlanS" <news@remove.abyz.fslife.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:cn3fce$8hj$3@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Isn't it an IT job to find a solution to an IT issue?
> >
> > If you want to treat your workers like children why not contact your ppc
> > maker and ask them if they can provide custom ROM's, and pay them for
the
> > work?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Terry Gebhardt" <tntgeb@cablelynx.com> wrote in message
> > news:OOyLtNQyEHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > So what you are saying is that there is no way to do this? I thought
> > maybe
> > > a registry edit may be able to block them. What is happening is that
> the
> > IT
> > > department is removing the shorcuts form the screen but the people are
> > > trying to find them again. Their solutions are causing lockups. So
It
> > has
> > > to do a hard reset. IT asked me to see if I could find a way to
> > permanently
> > > delete the games. I wish Micrsoft had an indutrial version that did
not
> > > include the games.
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> > > "Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
> > > message news:uYLvWVPyEHA.3376@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > Transfer the guys to the IT department?
> > > >
> > > > A hard reset should erase any preinstalled apps and registry entries
> in
> > > > RAM and expose the fact that the hard reset had been made after the
> > > > device had been used... would think that having to deal with
> expaining
> > > > that would be sufficient to discourage the practice.
> > > >
> > > > You could also put something in the registry that, if absent, would
> put
> > > > up a screen that directed the user to immediately report to the
> > > > supervisor when your custom app was started.
> > > >
> > > > Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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