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Access Blocked Sites
Jan 17, 2008
A few friends from a former job were passing around Youtube links this morning. I can't get on because youtube is blocked. It's no big deal, if anything I appreciate that I have a solid reason to not waste time when I get an email like the ones this morning.
I replied to all and jokingly mentioned how nice it must be to have access to Youtube and received this reply:
I learned a trick so you can go to youtube.
Open Calculator or Minesweeper, whatever.
Go to Help, then click Help Topics.
Once the Help Topics window is open, right click on the top window bar (you know, the same bar where the X and minimize are). There should be an option for Go To URL...
I love the creativity but I suspect you will draw more attention to yourself by doing this than you would if you were to just ask for access to Youtube. Regardless, I wanted to share in case any of y'all need to circumvent your corporate firewall.
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