 PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
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Re: Looking for software solution to manage loaner laptops Steve, I do not know if there is or not, wouldn't surprise me if there is, but it strikes me as an antagonsitic way to conduct a working relationship?
Everywhere that I have been assigned equipment, to include the military and civilian employment, I have had equipment of value, including notebooks. I can not recall a single instance where that equipment was "safeguarded from employee theft" by it being somehow rendered "unusable"...hell, anything that I ever was assigned was simply inventoried and subsequently signed for by the receiving employee!
Besides, let's assume that you can do this with the notebook...what is your goal? If I were a theft-minded ex-employee, and my stolen notebook stopped operating?
Hell! i wouldn't return it to you in a fit of remorse! Most likely I would either toss it out the window, or tear it down for usable/sell-able parts!
I don't disrespect your desire to safeguard an investment, but it just does not seem to be an approach that will do anything to ensure the "safety" of your business's equipment. But, it will make your employees feel mis-trusted!
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