Re: Network Computer Games on Business Machines

Ben wrote:

Malke,

We had to give users a local admin account for their laptops as they are software consultants, so they often have to install & uninstall different software when out of the office, which means we can't do it for them. The general accounts that they use for everyday work aren't local admin, but they do have access to another account on the laptop.

I've already spoken to our IT Ops director about removing this access from non consultant laptops, like sales, marketing & hr etc

Not an acceptable solution. Your security is seriously lax. Consider installing virtualization software such as VMWare or Virtual PC 2007 with a virtual machine running whatever operating system is needed instead for software demonstrations. Or have separate laptops for the software consultants which don't connect to your network.

Domain users should never, never, never be local administrators. Never. There is always a way around this.

BTW, PA Bear's question is a good one. What's your role in this?


Malke
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