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Altiris Agent
2010-09-20, 3:01 PM #1
Any IT (or not, I guess) know what Altiris Agent is? It's in my startup list on my work PC. Searching brought up some vagaries, but I still don't understand what it's for. All I know is Altiris was bought by Symantec.
"Harriet, sweet Harriet - hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."
2010-09-20, 4:35 PM #2
I believe it tracks installed software for a variety of maintenance, security etc concerns.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2010-09-20, 5:08 PM #3
So if I installed JK/MotS on that machine, our IT guy will know?
"Harriet, sweet Harriet - hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."
2010-09-20, 5:28 PM #4
Quote:
It's on my work PC


Quote:
installing JK/MotS on that machine


/facepalm
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tofu sucks
2010-09-20, 5:57 PM #5
Originally posted by landfish:
/facepalm


What? hehehe
"Harriet, sweet Harriet - hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."
2010-09-20, 6:56 PM #6
Chances are no one will care.
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2010-09-20, 7:29 PM #7
Originally posted by Chewbubba:
So if I installed JK/MotS on that machine, our IT guy will know?

He will know, and HE WILL PUNISH YOU.
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2010-09-21, 2:57 PM #8
Actually, he'll probably want to play, but I don't want to stir the pot. Some of my students are interested in game design and such and I thought about showing them the Legacy of Yun level I made for MotS a million years ago.
"Harriet, sweet Harriet - hard-hearted harbinger of haggis."
2010-09-21, 3:33 PM #9
If they have a good sense of game history (play older games), they'll love it. If not, they'll call it crap and wonder where the "graffix" are.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2010-09-21, 4:50 PM #10
Originally posted by Emon:
they'll call it crap and wonder where the "graffix" are.

This.
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2010-09-21, 5:12 PM #11
Or the most likely option:

They'll see this thing called jk.exe running and have no clue as to what it is. :P
2010-09-22, 7:51 PM #12
They'd see the installation entry, smartass
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2010-09-22, 8:00 PM #13
Originally posted by Emon:
They'd see the installation entry, smartass


Not if you don't run the installer :P
2010-09-22, 8:06 PM #14
Doh :saddowns:
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2010-09-22, 9:04 PM #15
Hmm... a quick google search (which is what I would do if I was an IT guy trying to figure out what an unknown process was) reveals that there are several malicious "jk.exe" executables out there.
2010-09-22, 9:54 PM #16
Just murder everyone in the IT department.
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