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At work I have two computers connected to the same network, each user can download a limited quota of 400 MB each day from internet, but I need more than this. There is a server computer beside me which has unlimited internet access, and I can connect to this computer via remote desktop. Is it possible to use server computer's internet to upgrade my windows 7 to 10 though remote desktop? Not to mention, automatic updates are closed by administrator.
I think there is no possibility for this. – vembutech – 2016-12-08T13:31:16.793
37Are you trying to bypass your company's policies? – Xavierjazz – 2016-12-08T14:55:34.100
17Your company set these restrictions up for a reason (good or bad). Bypassing them without permission will probably get you in to a lot of trouble. – Bradley Uffner – 2016-12-08T15:55:33.267
3Ask your admin to extend your quota? After all, you have good reasons to use so much bandwidth, don't you? – Hagen von Eitzen – 2016-12-08T16:23:30.223
1I seriously doubt your company will appreciate you using a server for internet browsing... and seriously, for a work computer, 400MB per day is a lot of bandwidth. Unless you're downloading all kinds of things, there should be no need for more. Tread carefully before you continue down this path, if you're doing something you're not supposed to, it will land you in trouble. – SnakeDoc – 2016-12-08T16:34:59.097
1And no, if you don't have administrator access on your computer, you will not be able to upgrade to windows 10. Seriously, your IT Dept clearly doesn't want you upgrading your computer, why else is there a 400mb limit per day and auto updates are disabled and you don't have admin access? Continuing down this path is nothing but bad for you. – SnakeDoc – 2016-12-08T16:40:20.447
I can download everything by using server's internet, and I don't want to bypass company's policies! I have downloaded a file and when I execute that file it starts to download windows update files, but it reaches the quota and it stops. – Badamchi – 2016-12-08T16:47:12.200
Overall, it was a question for me, if I can access to internet through RDP or not? Yes, the better way would be to ask network administrator to upgrade it for me. But, I'll try VPN approach as well ;) – Badamchi – 2016-12-08T16:58:10.113
18@Patzu You cannot install windows updates without administrator permissions. What you are doing is futile. Besides, your IT department would have upgraded your PC to Windows 10 if they wanted you to use Windows 10. It's their computer, not yours. Don't forget that. Continuing down this path is almost guaranteed to be in violation of your company's IT policies. Go talk with IT, get their permission and blessing before you continue. If they say No, then that's the end of the road. – SnakeDoc – 2016-12-08T16:58:13.217
6@Patzu Installing VPN or Proxy software on a company server is very likely to get you fired. It would at most companies. It's a massive security risk, and is a clear circumvention of IT policy. – SnakeDoc – 2016-12-08T17:01:11.907
10As a Network Administrator myself I can promise you with absolutely no doubt, just for what you have already done you would be on gardening leave 15 minutes after I found out and for what you're trying to do you'd be fired by the end of the day. You sound like a school child trying to bypass their web filter the way you're talking, except now you're in the real world and a bad reference will affect the rest of your life. It is absolutely not worth it. – Ashigore – 2016-12-08T18:24:38.420
3Yea, I'm going to echo most of the others here: As one responsible for making sure computers are running smoothly for employees of an org, I make the decisions when and whether to upgrade, and I put policies in place to make sure those computers behave in a predictable way for the staff so that they are maximally effective within the constraints of their job and corporate policy. Users going McGyver and trying to get around rules and policies WILL be reprimanded and possibly let go. What you're doing: You'd be fired. – music2myear – 2016-12-08T20:23:09.723
"each user can download a limited quota of 400 MB each day from internet" Does that include regular HTTP traffic? – JAB – 2016-12-08T23:58:13.657
1@Ashigore "For what you have already done" being RDPing into an unsecured server? - Without further proof of malice on his side, he would get told off at my company and you'd get fired by the end of the day for not securing the server! - I agree with you on the rest of your comment, though. – I'm with Monica – 2016-12-09T09:09:32.430
1The "most harmless" thing that can happen to you is your IT people refusing to support the machine that you unilaterally decided to upgrade if there are any problems - "you tampered with it, YOU are now responsible for making it work." – rackandboneman – 2016-12-09T11:46:45.840
1@AlexanderKosubek It's not an unsecured server. OP has RDP access to it for his job. OP is abusing that access, and has plans to grossly abuse that access, which is where he would face disciplinary action or termination. – SnakeDoc – 2016-12-09T23:38:27.153
3I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's about circumventing network security/policies at an institution. – DavidPostill – 2016-12-10T13:56:29.257