I was almost suspended at school eight years ago for using `net send` from .bat files and because I had Everest portable on my network drive (a tool that lists system specs, I was curious what hardware the PC&#x27;s had).<p>The guy that managed the network at the time was almost personally offended and accused me of &#x27;hacking&#x27; the network with dangerous tools. He got the school board involved, my parents had to go talk to the headmaster. My parents and I had to sign a contract which said that any other &#x27;unauthorised&#x27; use of the school network would get me suspended for 3 days.<p>If you have one bitter person working somewhere and nobody knows enough about something to stop them, you can get these power-mad types. Probably happens a lot at schools with just one network administrator.