i sense bitterness on this subject. I think the time and make a friend route is the best way to go. It’s not a big corperation so the network is just locally managed. At the old company i was at the top of the food chain, so i could do whatever i wanted for the most part. It sucks being the low man again. But better off in the long run.
best thing to do is to come up with a legitimate reason for you to have the an admin account for your workstation. once you can get admin privileges, you’ll be able to install anything you want within reason. BTW - winamp is not a legit reason, neither is google toolbar.
A good legit reason would be the need to install syncing software for a PDA or a phone… hint hint
Today, we salute you, Mr. Company Computer Guy
(Mr. Company Computer Guy)
You are the ruler of RAM, the guru of the Gigabyte,
the monster of the memory.
(Show me the way)
When we screw up the boot up, you are there.
Without you, computers would Mega Bite.
(Megabyte).
The countless hours we spend surfing the internet,
and accidentally stumbling on porn sites,
would instead, be spent working.
(Working for the man)
So, crack open an ice cold budlight Mr.Company Computer Guy
For it’s you who keeps our logons logging, and are hard drives hard.
(You’ve got to see this porn site)
hahah ^^^
just have them put you in the local admin group on the domain
If they have script logic or something of that sort, GP will override local policy.
OR BE LIKE ME AND PICK UP BUFFALOWIFI.ORG
that was actually a joke, considering if the pc is locked down he wouldent have rights to add himself into the local admin account anyways 
ehh, GP sucks balls, of course im running it here with novell also, which causes issues from theget go
I always use the google toolbar… I have no problems w/ spyware…
Even better: Remote access your computer at home from your computer at work. Then you can surf all you want and it will be difficult to track.
(assuming of course they don’t lock down the built in Remote Access in Windows XP)
or webex if ytou have that