re: mouse somehow disabled by busybody
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 8:54 pm
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Posted by Tony
(881 messages posted)
Apparently, your boss is smarter than you give them credit for. In any regard, I
don't think your gonna find anyone willing to help you cheat your employer. If you
were as smart as you think you are, you could easily figure this out.
On Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 3:58 pm, Fern wrote:
>i work as a guard at a desk with 4 computer monitors and i believe 3 different cpu's
>unless there is a hidden one somewhere
>
>i will say to start out, that i am not supposed to be using the computers to surf
>online so i can't really say anything to this new boss about the situation or i
would
>be admitting that i was doing something i am not supposed to do;
>
>the boss thinks he is a know-it-all
>
>for months i have been getting on the web and reading newspapers
>
> this new supervisor/busybody started last week, and this person is a self proclaimed
>computer expert and apparently this person is trying to block my efforts at using
>the computer get online (a third party probably walked thru while i was reading
and
>might have mentioned to him that he saw me reading online)
>
>there is a little controller console that sits out front and there is a button with
>4 positions (1, 2, 3, 4); when you push a button the light in front of the appropriate
>number lights up; that tells you which screen is active for the keyboard and mouse
>
>when i go to the screen i have been using (3), the mouse does not work, the keyboard
>works because i am able to use keyboard commands (this boss probably assumes i don't
>know how to use keyboard commands)
>
>when i go to other screens the mouse and keyboard both work (the boss again thinks
>i am too stupid to get to these other screens)
>
>back on screen 3
>i used the keyboard commands to get to the control panel>mouse; and checked all
5
>tabs and there was nothing that said disable mouse, or enable mouse
>
>i searched google and the only things i was able to find under "disable mouse" had
>to do with the mouse accellerator
>
>i referred to my "windows xp for idiots" book and was not able to get any help
>
>this boss is not stopping me from reading online, but i am curious as to why the
>mouse is disabled on this one screen, and how this boss/busybody did it
>
>thanks in advance to anyone who has any ideas on how to restore the mouse
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