RE: Administrator Accounts

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

> > In general, the user never rarely needs local admin access, but the
software he/she runs commonly does....including microsoft applications. 

I run as a standard user and it's very rare that I need to re-login as
admin. I can't think of a time when a Microsoft program required me to,
except for Windows/Office Update. Updates to applications and Windows should
be coming through a central system anyway; automatic updates works even if
you're logged in as a standard user, although it may force a reboot. And
users can't install software as a standard user, but so what. They shouldn't
be installing software on company PCs.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larryseltzer () ziffdavis com 


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