Borrowing a PC? Put Linux on it, via a USB drive
Have you ever had to use someone else's PC at work - either to complete a quick task, or as a substitute machine for a short period of time? The experience is never pleasant - foreign desktop settings, grimy keyboards, crazy font sizes and odd wallpaper - it's liken to borrowing someone's swim trunks. If you're a Linux desktop user and are forced to use someone's Windows machine, the experience may be more on par with borrowing a toothbrush.
To guard against this potential unpleasantness, it's time you looked into putting a bootable Linux desktop image on a portable USB key chain drive. Several well-used options are out there that allow a scaled down Linux desktop operating system to load into a PC's memory, boot the machine, auto-detect hardware, and allow for a nicer temporary computing experience.
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Leaky Screwdrivers
Bad analogies are like leaky screwdrivers.
I think "beggars can't be choosers" applies to this guys "poor me, I have to borrow a windose workstation rant".
Good luck on finding someone trusting enough (or dumb enough) to let you jack a USB drive into their workstation.