Re: Should users be local admins?
From: Robert Moir (robspamtrap+msnews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 05/24/05
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 23:27:07 +0100
kenw@kmsi.net wrote:
> How many sites give regular users Local Administrator rights on their
> PCs?
>
> My preference is not to, but I know many sites give all users local
> admin rights on their "own" PCs. They say it reduces hassles with
> preople not being able to install software; I say good, I don't want
> them installing anything that will jeopardise the system's
> reliability.
Depends on the environment. In a largely software developer type situation I
could well do that local admin thing. Working in education as I do at the
moment, its a total non-starter for me here.
Each case has different users in different situations with different needs,
hence different answers!
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