How can I check whether my work Pixel has been tampered with or tracked?
My job provides everyone with a work phone. About a week or two ago, I left mine charging in the break room for a couple of hours and…
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What will happen if a personal purchase receipt is blocked by my work email filter?
I work for a medical-device company with roughly 700 employees. By accident, Apple Pay sent a receipt for a personal adult-oriented purchase to my work email address. Outlook…
What Should I Focus on After One Year as a Sysadmin?
Hey folks! I'm nearing the end of my first year as a sysadmin after spending a few years in contract IT roles. I've been promoted from IT Tech,…
How to Handle Leadership's Lack of Concern for Cybersecurity?
I'm currently working in the IT department of a K-12 charter school and wanted to share my experience with a recent rollout of a walled garden to control…
Can I Reset a School Laptop for Personal Use After Graduating?
I borrowed a laptop from my high school and forgot to return it before graduation. Now that it's been a couple of years and I've moved to another…
Why is my print server affecting other departments' default printers?
I set up a print server for my company today and managed to get one test printer running just for our IT department. Initially, everything was fine, but…
Is My Browsing Activity Visible to My Employer When Using My Phone's Hotspot?
I've got a situation where my home internet is down, so I decided to use my personal phone's Hotspot to connect my work laptop. I'm curious about data…
How Can I Find the Model and Specs of My Work Laptop to Buy a Duplicate?
I'm looking to buy a personal laptop that matches the one provided by my work because I really like it. Can anyone share tips on how to identify…
Are Mailto Links Still Relevant in 2023?
I used to be a web developer and recently created a web-based tool for my colleagues that includes a mailto link for bulk emailing. I always thought mailto…
Can IT Track What Programs I Force Closed on Windows?
I force closed a few programs, including 'Your Phone', camera software, and Microsoft Edge, a couple of nights ago. This seems to have led to files being deleted…
Help! Can't Enable Virtual Machine Platform on My Work Laptop
I tried setting up WSL and Docker on my home PC without issues, but when I attempted it on my work laptop, I hit a snag. I know…
Anyone else having microphone issues on Microsoft Teams?
Lately, we've been hit with reports from several users experiencing microphone issues during Teams calls. This has also impacted our IT department. The workaround we've found involves going…
How Do I Fully Reset My Work Laptop and Remove My Personal Microsoft Account?
I'm about to leave my job and need to return the work laptop I was using. I signed in to it with my personal Microsoft/Office 365 account and…
How Can I Make My Old Work PC Fully Mine?
I've got an old computer from my previous job, but they've disabled it so I can't use it at all, not even after a reformat. Is there any…