Re: Who designed XP Home?

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 02/17/03 

From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 04:21:24 -0700

one more try - inlined . . . 

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Roger Abell
MS MVP (Security, Windows), MCDBA,  MCSE both
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"JR" <j_r_caruso@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:04b001c2d4ff$3d5e89b0$a201280a@phx.gbl...
> Who had the responsibility for turning out this piece of %^&*? 
> 
> 1) Why do I have to boot up in safe mode to log in as
> administrator?
> 
You do not have to.  The initial Administrator account 
will behave this way, but you can define other admins 
accounts that do not.
> 2) Why can any user who is not an administrator make
> themselves an administrator?
> 
They can only do this if they are running as an admin at 
the time.  So, to do this you left an admin account open, 
such as by not placing a password on the safe mode admin 
login account or by walking off and leaving your admin 
account logged on. 
> 3) When I boot into safe mode to log in as administrator
> why can't I access files or directories of those users who
> have made themselves administrators? 
> 
Being an admin has never guaranteed access to everything 
in the NT family of Windows OSs.  That is a archaic Unix 
concept that admin is an all powerful account that automatically 
has access everywhere.  Any admin can boost their account 
to be permitted anywhere, but it is not designed to default to 
that configuration - rather each account is designed to have 
some privacy.
> 4) Why are most of the NTFS permissions and groups left out
> of XP Home? 
> 
The consumer studies showed that most users would not use 
the groups and actually be confused in cases by their being 
visible.  The groups are all still there, they are just masked.
The NTFS permissions are the same as in Pro.
> 5) Why do programs that are supposed to be XP compatible
> not run under other users' accounts after being installed
> by the administrator? 
> 
The vendor lied or did not understand, or you have confused 
the certified for statement with the vendors own designed for 
claim.  Also, in the certified for program there is a weaker 
compliance defined which is short of the certified designation.
Purchase software that has the certified for Windows logo 
to avoid this.  With each release of the NT family it has taken 
software vendors some time to decide to "get with the program" 
and this time it is particularly bad as there are so many more 
software companies that up to now have ignored the NT 
market and focused on Win9x that are starting from square one.
> 6) Why does the system go to hell after I install Windows
> update to the point that I have to reinstall? 
> 
Should not happen.
> 7) Can I upgrade to Win98?
> 
Format and install from your old retail Win98 CD works.
> Thanks. 
> 
>

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