About Tom Guertin Expertise I can answer Desktop and Laptop hardware questions as well as software questions. I have worked as a programmer 9 years, test/QA 9 years, and system administration 7 years. Having a diverse background helps in diagnosing computer problems.
Experience Rocket Software Oct 14, 2002 – Present
Senior Systems Engineer: Responsible for all software and hardware installations, analysis, and support on all desktops and laptops. Support 200 remote employees along with 5 remote sites. Build servers, test, and build systems. Manage Active Directory, Exchange, Call Manager, and Unity accounts.
EMC Corporation Dec 31, 1999 – Nov 11, 2001
Senior Software QA Team Lead Engineer: Responsible for full software quality assurance of EMC's SymAPI and SymCLI software for Base and Control functionality.
Created full regression test suite in perl.
Peritus Software Services Sep 4, 1994 – Mar 30, 2001
Senior Software Engineer: Maintain outsourced code for CV, BULL, DG (UNIX), and Stratus (UNIX). Assist Y2K renovation team as project leader and COBOL renovator for Y2K compliance.
Team leader for as many as 21 engineers.
Supported DG AOS/VS II and AVIION (UNIX) communications products and AOS/VS II Databases. Maintained DG’s patch download website by modifying the XML web page, making each fix available.
Sys admin for both DG AOS/VS II and AVIION (UNIX) platforms.
BULL Worldwide Information Systems Inc. Aug 1988 – Sep 1994
Senior Software Engineer: Designed, Developed, Maintained, and Component Tested File System, Printer, and Device Utilities in an ISO 9000 environment using Assembly and C.
Maintained 21 utilities, fixing all problems within company wide goal.
Re-wrote 5 utilities in assembly with only 1 reported problem since 1989.
Maintained a Dump Analysis Utility, which enables users to follow system structures, dump group information, and analyze memory.
SQA component tested all DPS6 utilities.
KRAFT Inc., Dairy Group Oct 1986 - Aug 1988
Computer Programmer: Designed and developed a program that accounts for all maintenance parts, repairs, and moneys using DBASE III Plus.
Purchasing agent for all building and machine maintenance.
Education/Credentials EDUCATION: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Major: BS. Computer Systems Engineering
Question I want to block our home pc from accessing certain websites but dont want my family to know I am blocking them. My wife and daughter will be furious but I have had viruses on our computer from there websites they visit. I know of content advisor thru IE and that will be obvious I am blocking it. How about some way to redirect the site to a different one such as if they type in myspace and I have it redirected to a different website? We have one xp computer and one vista. Also thought about blocking thru the router but would that be obvious too?
Answer James,
I suggest marking these sites as restricted which forces strict security on them. They are still allowed access to the sites, but all communications are watched closely for unwanted behavior.
Click Start -> Control Panel -> Internet Options
Click the Security TAB
Click the Restricted Sites icon
Click the Sites Button
Here add the website like myspace.com and click the Add Button
Add all the sites that you are worried about
I don't think they will know of this area.
Do they have their own logins? If so, you can remove their administrative rights and the will not be able to install software or make changes without getting you involved.
Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management
Click the + to the left of 'Local Users and Groups'
Click Groups
Double click Administrators on the top of the right window
Remove there access
If they all use the same login, you can create separate logins for each of them.
Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management
Click the + to the left of 'Local Users and Groups'
Click Users
Click Action -> New User...
Fill out the form:
Pick something simple like User Name: Lisa, Full Name: Lisa
We usually select “Password never expires”
You must de-select “User must change password at next logon”
Click the Create button
