Re: Non-admin installation of hardware
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:39:41 -0500
Zak Kebron wrote:
I have a question about the ability of non-administrator accounts
to add new hardware. From the Knowledge Base
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326473) I
see that "For security reasons, Windows XP cannot permit a user who
is not an administrator to install a device on the computer."
However, when I go to my local library, sit down in front of one of
their shared desktops, and pop in a USB drive, it gets recognized
and installs. I'm about 99% certain that the libraries don't give
these "shared" logins Local Administrator rights, so how is this
happening?
USB thumb drives - in most cases (non-U3 essentially) require no special
drivers/software in order to be used.
Therefore - the user does not have to install anything/update anything
special in order to gain access to the resource.
If the driver is already in place, they (the user) are not installing
anything.
It's like if you go to their computer as an administrator and install a USB
scanner (driver, software, etc) and leave... If you did it correctly - even
if they disconnect their system, unplug everything and come back later -
they won't need you (if they can connect tab A into slot B) - and they will
still be able to utilize the hardware in question.
However - it is highly likely that if you just handed the user (without
admin rights) the scanner and let them try to install it - they'd fail - as
most scanners/printers will not already have the drivers/software
pre-installed.
Similar - not exact - to what is going on.
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