I'm new to this networking thing. At my job we have around 9 computers networked through a server. Boss was b*tching at me cos of my screensaver, he reckons that when it's running it slows down every puter on the network. Is this true? Or is he just p*ssed off at what it shows *, LOL. Oh, and does my having a few things on my desktop also slow down the network, or is that more BS?
Thanks in advance folks,
Lorri
* I run the XP screensaver which scrolls thru my pictures, one of which says 'Let me DROP everything and work on YOUR problem' something that I think the boss takes personally, LOL.Add a screen that states: The first myth of management is that it exists! (This greatly offended my operations manager at the time.)

I am not completely qualified to answer the question. Others here will TELL you for sure, but my instinct is the same as yours: most individual computer functions will not slow down the network.Nope, having a screensaver running, and having icons on your desktop certainly will not slow down the network. In fact, it wont even slow down your computer (Unless you had like, 500 icons somehow placed on your desktop... then it might be a slight issue)

But, you might want to KEEP in mind, your boss gets to decide how your computer usage is going to go, especially if the computer you are using belongs to the business. Having a screensaver with, say, family pictures, or pictures of could look unprofessional in a work environment, and that could be added reason for your boss giving you a hard time about it.

Thank you. That is what I thought, but I figured I'd ask here just to make sure. And what Aegis wrote, I'd already kinda figured that out, cos our Marketing Managers computer is so slow because of the huge amount of files she has, it can take up to 10 minutes to start up each day, but that never, ever impacted on mine or anyone elses, mine being the newest addition to the network as of October last year. Our marketing manager was quite ENVIOUS of how fast mine is, LOL.
Nah, this boss is our Ops Manager and he's been given grief about how many personal emails he sends each day (he also wastes time playing computer games,) and to cover his a*s he's hammering the staff on what we do . Funny how the owners didn't actually mind my screensaver, it's a series of photographs, mostly nature ones that were taken on tours they do, and then a couple of joke ones. h**l, I even have a George Clooney pic that the male owner joked about, so it's not coming from the owners, just the ops manager. Don't think I'll BOTHER starting up the screensaver again, it's not worth the grief from this particular individual. Thanks to you I have the satisfaction of knowing that he's all BS, LOL. I can live with that.
Thanks again,
Lorri.
I'd bet the marketing manager has every last e-mail ever sent or received, due to the CYA mentality prevalent in so many organizations. Had a manager whose laptop had to be "cleaned out" quarterly by the I/T guys because he'd wait till the whole system bogged down before he'd do anything to archive e-mail. I know I'm not telling you anything you don't live every day. I'm just amazed at how some people run businesses against one another. I know that manager was in trouble if he couldn't produce e-mail to support his positions or decisions.