Re: Win xp sp2 firewall

Hexalon <Hexalon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Microsoft would have a lot less security problems if people would stop
running as admins. I really doubt if that is going to happen anytime
soon. People tend to be resistant to change unless change is forced on
them.

Beside that all "Leythos" said is nonsense (as usual from him), the best
way Microsoft could stop people to work as Administrator would be not to
have this as a default.

Well, they're doing something like this now with Vista: the user is
administrator, but administrator's don't have every right any more :-/
(try to open a SYSTEM shell on Vista)

Yours,
VB.
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Bevölkerung zu manipulieren."
(Dr. Daniele Ganser, 2005)
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