Posts by Kyle Cook82

I feel like every time I watch these home makeover shows, I end up more stressed than when I started. There's always that moment where you wonder if the homeowners will actually live in that crazy design once the cameras stop rolling. Does anyone else get secondhand anxiety from watching people pour huge sums into "dream" projects that look impossible to maintain?

wiredcanyon94 said:Not sure what that thumbs-down actually signifies. Your boss is likely the admin for whatever IT system you're running at the office. Or maybe he hired someone else to handle administration, and that person reports directly to him. What kind of reports? You'll have to ask him that yourself.
Look, as an admin—or even just the boss of the admin—you technically have total control over that IT system. What exactly they choose to do with all that power? That’s none of our business here on the forum.
So, let me throw a counter-question your way: Is there actually any way for a mobile user to know if their own service provider is eavesdropping or logging their SMS messages?
Think about it for a second. Once the realization finally hits you, you might want to start breaking things. Or just sit there and regret everything.
Good morning, Kyle Cook82. Welcome back to the real world.

I’m not entirely sure what you mean by that. Are you suggesting that because someone is a supervisor, they have the right to trample over privacy laws? I don't see the logic there. Why would they? During the scheduled break. So, I'm not supposed to check my personal email at work? Without anyone being able to peek over my shoulder? Is that how this works now?

We’re working at an agency with about a hundred employees. I’ve got serious concerns regarding the IT director here. It bothers me that my direct supervisor has access to our corporate email—and more importantly, my private one. Is this really how things work? Without even giving us a heads-up.I couldn't care less about my ISP or mobile carrier. They don't know me. They aren't my bosses. They don't breathe down my neck—unless, of course, I get a bill once a month.

wiredcanyon94 said:My advice for today? Don't touch your work email unless it’s strictly for business. Set up a private account and use that for everything else. It's simple. Also, a quick warning: never use the corporate network or your company laptop to check personal messages. Unless you want your boss reading your private life over your shoulder, stay off their systems. Why take that risk?

Thanks for the advice. I’ve never once used my work email for anything personal. It bugs me that the boss has access without even asking. He loves to weaponize things against us—like when someone accidentally sends something private to a work address because they were having an off day. When you're dealing with a manager who nitpicks every little thing and just waits for a chance to gossip behind your back or leak info to half the office, what can you even do? How do you defend yourself?

wiredcanyon94 said:Is it possible? Sure. Does it actually work? Ask him.
Think you can just find that out with two or three clicks? You can't.

Sure, because he’s such a saint and a man of principle, let's give him credit for that.
I'm not asking if it's easy to look up with a few clicks; I'm asking if there's any way to find out without having to go straight to the boss.

wiredcanyon94 said:If he doesn't want to tell you, there's no way to verify it. What can you really do?

I don't believe it. So it doesn't exist? Absolutely nothing. Is there any way to tell if someone has direct access to my Microsoft Outlook? I’m not looking to revoke permissions just yet—I just want to know. Is that even possible? Obviously, I can't exactly ask them directly because of certain circumstances, otherwise, I would have brought it up ages ago. 👎

Kimberly Hughes24 said:If you suspect your work email is being monitored—which, let’s be honest, it almost certainly is—stop using it for anything else. Stick strictly to business. If you do that, you won't have any problems.

I know that feeling all too well. It’s one thing to make a mistake, but it's another entirely when someone else sends private nonsense to your work address. Suddenly, your boss sees it, starts gossiping about you behind your back, and you’re left standing there with zero fault in the matter. It’s infuriating. How am I supposed to find out if they actually have direct access to my inbox?

We use Microsoft Outlook for all our official business communication at work. Is there any way to tell if my boss is snooping through my emails—either the ones I send out or the ones arriving at my work address—without me knowing? Does he actually have access to my inbox?

I think the term might be "shared mailbox" or something like that...?

Installed memory (RAM): 8.00 GB (7.87 GB usable)

Chrome crashed on me again last night. Anyone got any actual advice on how to fix this?

I've got 8GB of RAM. The issue is, this behavior only started about ten days ago. It isn't even happening under heavy load—it's just constant. Is it possible a stick of RAM actually burned out? I don't know enough about hardware to be sure. Or could it be some kind of malware that Norton can't pick up?

For the last ten days or so, Chrome has been crashing on its own during normal use. It happens right after I get a message that roughly says, "memory too low, close programs to prevent data loss..".

The issue is that I've had this PC for two years now, and this behavior only started about ten days ago. My workload hasn't changed—I’m running Chrome, Excel, and maybe two other programs at once, just like I have for the past two years. But it never acted like this before. Now, I open about ten tabs in Chrome and the whole browser just collapses.

I'm running Norton Free; ran a scan yesterday and found nothing. The OS is Windows 7. There's plenty of space left on the Hard Drive.

Could the RAM be failing? What's actually causing this, and how do I fix it? 😕