Stopping Piracy
Hi,
Is there any way I can prevent my employees from stealing Windows or Office keys, infact even other softwares keys.
There are free tools available which can recover the product keys.
Thanks,
.
Is there any way I can prevent my employees from stealing Windows or Office keys, infact even other softwares keys.
There are free tools available which can recover the product keys.
Thanks,
.
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r-k: its fairly a simply company with not so many employees, and rules have been set and clearly written on the contract as well that no part of company property may be taken out or used outside the company untill specified. HOWEVER there may still be some who are lured to the dark side, and may pirate the keys.
rich:
none of the employees will have admin rights, apart from the admin himself. but there are thrid party softwares which can reveal your windows installation key and office key, though the software clearly says that it is to be used for backup purpose only.
and yes i understand that some reveal the key in their about box, some store in file. is there no way you can controll any of these... i am in the process of emailing the companies of these softwares also to get an answer.
thanks for the help.
rich:
none of the employees will have admin rights, apart from the admin himself. but there are thrid party softwares which can reveal your windows installation key and office key, though the software clearly says that it is to be used for backup purpose only.
and yes i understand that some reveal the key in their about box, some store in file. is there no way you can controll any of these... i am in the process of emailing the companies of these softwares also to get an answer.
thanks for the help.
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r-k: its fairly a simply company with not so many employees, and rules have been set and clearly written on the contract as well that no part of company property may be taken out or used outside the company untill specified. HOWEVER there may still be some who are lured to the dark side, and may pirate the keys.
rich:
none of the employees will have admin rights, apart from the admin himself. but there are thrid party softwares which can reveal your windows installation key and office key, though the software clearly says that it is to be used for backup purpose only.
and yes i understand that some reveal the key in their about box, some store in file. is there no way you can controll any of these... i am in the process of emailing the companies of these softwares also to get an answer.
thanks for the help.
rich:
none of the employees will have admin rights, apart from the admin himself. but there are thrid party softwares which can reveal your windows installation key and office key, though the software clearly says that it is to be used for backup purpose only.
and yes i understand that some reveal the key in their about box, some store in file. is there no way you can controll any of these... i am in the process of emailing the companies of these softwares also to get an answer.
thanks for the help.
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yeah true ... but just wanted to know if there are any technical way to stop it.
thanks for the help.
thanks for the help.
In general you can't prevent something like this by technical means. I would suggest setting a written policy about what is not allowed, and spell out the problem and consequences. If the numbers are small enough, have a direct talk with the offenders.