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Re: Windows user privileges
From: GuidoZ <uberguidoz () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 17:57:00 -0500
They do the same on the home side. (Well, at least they did last time I bought a Dell laptop. Been a few years.) I was going to point this out too but you beat me to it. =) -- Peace. ~G On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:44:41 -0600, Todd Towles <toddtowles () brookshires com> wrote:
Dell gives the full OS cd and then a separate drivers CD, at least on the business side. Not sure about the home side.-----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of Mike Hoye Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 7:19 AM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] Windows user privileges On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 04:19:49PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:Windows has several groups. By default users are in the "USERS" group, *not* the ADMINISTRATORS group.On every XP install that I've seen from every major OEM (Dell, Compaq, Gateway, etc) fast user switching is on by default and every user is an administrator. Not "on most"; on every single one. Furthermore, these machines don't have actual XP OS install CDs, they usually come with "restore" CDs that just return the PC to this same initial state if they're used, which they almost never are. I have never seen a home user, that is to say change that setting or create a user who is actually just a "User". Not once, ever.It might make sense if you actually had knowledge of an OSbefore youcriticize it.I don't think the question should be "why is IRC still around", I think the question should be "why is full-disclosure turning into IRC?" - Mike Hoye -- "Buy land. They've stopped making it." - Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html_______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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Current thread:
- RE: Windows user privileges Todd Towles (Nov 20)
- Re: Windows user privileges GuidoZ (Nov 20)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Windows user privileges Sandeep Singh Rawat (Nov 22)
- RE: Windows user privileges Paul Schmehl (Nov 22)
- RE: Windows user privileges rp (Nov 22)
- RE: Windows user privileges Phillip R. Paradis (Nov 23)
- Re: Windows user privileges James Tucker (Nov 24)
- Re: Windows user privileges devis (Nov 25)
- RE: Windows user privileges Paul Schmehl (Nov 22)