Originally Posted by
mikehaff
Here is the deal. Our internet connection sucks. When I DO have to start everything in the morning, Outlook, Evernote, Chrome, Antivirus, etc., all need to connect. They do so very slowly. If I try to start AutoCAD when all of that is going on it's a pain. I get what you all are saying, and I concede that I have to shut down all of the applications every night. But what will happen is this, because it always seems to. An email will arrive from a customer shortly after I leave. My boss will be CC'd on it. When I arrive in the morning, If I haven't addressed said email by 8:10, and I won't because I won't get it until Outlook finally fully connects, my boss will be at my cube wondering why the hell I'm not taking care of it. During the day after all of this connecting has happened, AutoCAD shuts down and restarts quite quickly. This is not about laziness. We don't have an IT department. I am the pseudo cad manager. I say pseudo because I do the work without the title or pay. I am also a pseudo project manager for the same reason. Also, no one would have to unlock anything. No checked out licenses, and no one else uses my computer. I work on my own project drawings so locked drawings are not an issue. I know ALL about the problems those things would cause and if that were a possibility I would have never posted this in the first place because I wouldn't have been doing it. That said, I DO have power conservation enabled. I think you just threw that in as a dig. Insults are not necessary in this or any other AUGI forum.