Personal software on laptop? Just curious if anyone knows if we can install games on our work laptops? My assumption is no but policy I found seemed to lean toward it was ok?

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I’m sure your partners would be thrilled to see you playing Fortnite on your work laptop. Better yet why don’t you just expense all the power ups or whatever they call it while you are at it

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btw i had runescape downloaded on my computer for >2 years

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Don’t use your work computer for video games. Do you intend to be playing games while on site? What if it interferes or corrupts a program you actually need to do your job?

Why don’t you just use your personal computer for it? The laptop issued to you by the firm doesn’t belong to you. You might think it does, but it really doesn’t.

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You don’t watch any Netflix/Youtube or use Social Media on your work PC when you’re traveling?

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I have VM installed for two years - can’t imagine you can get fired for games

Depends on how comfortable you are with that kind of thing. Imo unless it's configured not to allow third party installations then I don't see why not.

Not sure about games. Will the permissions even let you?

Do you guys go on social media on your work laptop? Watch Netflix? IMO it’s all the same, not *technically allowed* but as long as you aren’t sitting at the client site doing the above you’re probably fine.

Seriously?? I’d love to get paid to play games all day...how do you find the time?

Yeah...sure, install it. A company just got popped because of malware on a downloaded game.

I used to have an SNES emulator with a plethora of ROMs on my work laptop. Unless you’re introducing malware to the network, I don’t think anyone will ever know

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