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normal users being local admins
Name: tdvit Date: March 22, 2004 at 13:19:59 Pacific OS: 2000 CPU/Ram: P4 256
Comment:
Hi all,
Just looking to get some opinions on normal users being local admins on their pc's. we have a development center with 500 people and most of them are local admins because they need to install software etc.. what do you think is good practice for something like this? everyone powerusers?
Name: rob_phillips79 Date: March 22, 2004 at 14:09:13 Pacific
Reply:
I find putting people to be in the power users group as annoying. I have a network of 40 or so users and have all the Win 2k's running their profiles as local admins.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: March 23, 2004 at 10:50:56 Pacific
Reply:
If you give everyone Admin privileges, you're just asking for trouble...
Create a local user account on the machine. This local account should be a member of the Local Admin Group. When a user needs to install required software or run certain programs that require Admin privileges, he/she can just use the RunAs command and run as that Admin user.
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