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Subject:Re: My cropped graphics won't compress From:"Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> Date:Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:38:35 +0530
On 6/1/07, Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> wrote:
>
> Um. You need Administrator privileges on the work PC to download and
> install apps. Got a clever bypass for that? Paint is always available.
>
> Lauren
>
>
A company that couldn't afford another software license for an image editing
program could afford a sysadmin/IT Dept. and locked-down computers? That's
incongruent to me, somehow.
Still, I would've badgered/pleaded/bribed the admin(s) into coming over and
installing GIMP for me, rather than use Paint, which sux in comparison.
There's also Paint.NET - though it has fewer features than the GIMP, it's
still far better than Paint.
That's the ordinary workaround. One "clever bypass" is to use a specialized
Linux Live CD to break the Administrator password on the computer. And
before you ask: no, that's not what I would do - most companies would can my
sorry behind for daring to do such a thing. Just since you asked about
"clever bypasses" ;-)
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