Re: How to prevent users from installing software

From: Russell (rlb_buijsse@hotmail.com)
Date: 04/17/03 

From: "Russell" <rlb_buijsse@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 14:47:38 +0200

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>
> >Second question, I'm examining the rights of normal
> users. I thought that a normal users only has read rights
> on the Windows folder, System32 folder and Program Files
> folder.
>
> Since you said Windows folder (instead of WINNT) I am
> assuming that this is for Windows 98 which has no file
> level security abilities. That means that anyone who can
> turn on the machine can do anything that they want. What
> you stated is true for a default W2K installation, however
> another explanation on W2K would be if the machine was
> upgraded from NT. Default security was Everyone/Full
> Control on NT and the upgrade does not rewrite the file
> security.
>

Hello,

thanks for your questions. The Windows directory I mentioned
is the w2k WINNT directory. I used the wrong name.
I installed w2k on a new computer, without Windows NT. I
experencied with installing w2k, and after a new installation the
rights on folders are correct. (read rights for the users on the winnt
directory, etc). But for some strange reason our production w2k
systems all have full controls rights for the users on those folders.
Could this have to do with the fact that domain users are given
administrator
rights? Or with the fact that these domain users are member of the local
administrator group, AND the local everyone group. Is it possible that
that changed the rights for the user group? Otherwise I don't know why
the rights have changed.

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