StratTone wrote:I totally understand what you are saying however I work for the government and rules made here are sometimes rediculous.
Here's a note. Many of the rules (that you feel are ridiculous) are in fact mandated by law. Worldwide there are hundreds of privacy requirements for the storage of personal data. Those requirements in many cases specifically require securing workstations to not be easily accessible when people leave their desks.
That is in almost every situation implemented as a screensaver with password lock.
Think about the situation where a government employee has a laptop at the airport. He's travelling by himself, and WOAH! He has to use the restroom RIGHT NOW. He runs to do so, and his laptop is left behind.
Don't you think its reasonable to lock the screen after 15 minutes of inactivity in that situation?
Now consider a gov't office, where a worker steps away from their desk (coffee break, cig, etc). Contractors from EvilCo happen to be onsite, and one decides to use his machine. Still think its unreasonable?
StratTone wrote:I understand security measures are important but when you make huge blanket rules like these it is sometimes unfeasable to work around.
Sometimes it is unrealistic to expect an IT department (let alone a legal department) to draft rules that are individually crafted for each person. When the company (or in your case, branch of the gov't) is in the 100,000+ user range, thats just not going to happen.
StratTone wrote:I absoulutly have to have my computer up to repair items that need work and when 8 people share the same computer it just doesn't work. The auto lock feature is fine if you are talking about each persone having there own computer but that isn't the case with me so I would appreciate your help if you can. Don't think I'm some punk kid trying to break rules I am an adult that needs this taken off so I can do my job to support troops over seas so I don't appreciate your sarcasm.
There was no sarcasm. I work in a department in a company that writes those exact rules, and that declines requests - like yours - to disable those requirements.
In the vast majority of cases, users honestly think they are impossibly impacted when it first becomes a requirement, and yet, years later do fine with just moving the mouse once every few minutes.
If you honestly feel you are unfairly impacted, call your IT helpdesk. Ask your manager. Follow the chain for your company.
Don't ask others how to help you break the law - because that may be exactly what you are doing.