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protect user from himself
is it good practice on xp to drasticly limit user rights?
i mean, *everything* on the system, except user's "doc & sett" folder to be just *read_only* it should keep user [who is not admin] from modifying anything on the system, so he is free of malwares and viruses and he cannot harm system stability, at least not of other users having account on that workstation. such setting should avoid user from performing hardware adding and driver upgrade, and autoupdate because that operations excedes his limited rights. is this config scenario applicable in the reality? thnks for advice and suggestion |
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sali wrote:
is it good practice on xp to drasticly limit user rights? i mean, *everything* on the system, except user's "doc & sett" folder to be just *read_only* it should keep user [who is not admin] from modifying anything on the system, so he is free of malwares and viruses and he cannot harm system stability, at least not of other users having account on that workstation. such setting should avoid user from performing hardware adding and driver upgrade, and autoupdate because that operations excedes his limited rights. is this config scenario applicable in the reality? Make everyone "Users".. Not Power Users... Just Users. That covers a lot of the normmal stuff. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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Leythos wrote:
Except only Admin local users can run Citrix clients, and Quickbooks and several others. I still have not found a single application where that "have to be admin" qualification cannot be gotten around with a little effort. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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In article , Leythos
wrote: Except only Admin local users can run Citrix clients, and Quickbooks and several others. http://www.threatcode.com has some suggestions on tweaking Quickbooks to make it work properly - although it might be nice if Intuit were to actually fix their software so that you don't have to make your accountant into a system admin. Alun. ~~~~ [Please don't email posters, if a Usenet response is appropriate.] -- Texas Imperial Software | Find us at http://www.wftpd.com or email 23921 57th Ave SE | . Washington WA 98072-8661 | WFTPD, WFTPD Pro are Windows FTP servers. Fax/Voice +1(425)807-1787 | Try our NEW client software, WFTPD Explorer. |
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