- Work switched from using a web-based Citrix login system to a Remote Desktop Connection system, making it impossible to login in to the company system from the main site that I work on up north (they block outgoing RDC);
- The workaround provided was a PCMCIA Telstra Wireless Broadband Card, which I installed on my laptop;
- The (very buggy) installer required a reboot (why?);
- On reboot, I could no longer log into my laptop (cached domain logins had expired, normally I just hibernate the laptop);
- Thankfully I knew the Local Administrator password so I can get to my work.
Firstly, why replace a working solution for people on site with one that only works for a very limited number of sites (certainly not out main client sites)? Secondly, is there any rational use for Windows Domains? *
* I know the reasons that domains are used, they just seem to be the main cause of grief for me at the moment.