My school computer system is pretty rubbish, if you want to do any work you have to find a portable vertion of your software and run it off a USB drive, except the system occationally deletes them (allong with any schoolwork). are they allowed to do this without asking my permission?
2007-03-04 00:40:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Yes.... they can.
Anything attached to their PC may be considered a part of it & legally dealt with as it deems necessary.
If you read the fine print (somewhere) you will notice that you are not permitted to run any third party software on the school PCs.
The school PC may treat any such data or software as "malware" & deal with it accordingly.
regards,
Philip T
2007-03-04 00:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our school's computers doesn't delete the files on anyone USB drive, but if you put files on, they will only be there until the computer is turned off. On restart, everything reverts to the original settings. Legally, because you're interfacing with their systems, your files can be deleted. However, given the circumstances as to what you mentioned, it sounds like it's pretty hard to use the computers at school. The school should take that into consideration before running software that could delete your files.
2007-03-04 00:50:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've loaded something onto someone else's computer, they have the right to do whatever they wish with it. If it's YOUR computer, then YOU have the right to manage it as you see fit. The best strategy here is to back things up OFTEN to your own removable storage, and to ALWAYS take a copy of your work with you from the school's machines. If you're loading a program onto their machines, remove your USB drive as soon as it's running. As long as it's attached to their boxes, it's effectively part of their system, and legitimately under their control.
2007-03-04 00:49:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Schools can delete whatever they want on their own computers since they are their property.
Your USB key is your property though.
2007-03-04 00:45:19 · answer #4 · answered by christine_ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems odd. You should talk to the person responsible for your school's system. He or she may not be aware of the problem.
2007-03-04 00:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by greymatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's their property.
I suggest emailing the files to yourself and opening them in school. After you are done with them, if you made any changes, email them to yourself again so you can access them at home.
2007-03-04 00:46:48 · answer #6 · answered by viva8la7ram 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now this wouldn't be the electronic version of 'My dog ate my homework", would it?
2007-03-04 00:49:37 · answer #7 · answered by sparbles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hard point. check out on the search engines. just that will help!
2015-04-28 18:34:30 · answer #8 · answered by Vanessa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋