Re: Windows Local Administrative Privilges

[Harold Winshel <winshel () CAMDEN RUTGERS EDU>]

Sorry if I wasn't clear. You raise a good point.  I'm not suggesting
that you apply one policy to every single user.

Let me reframe the question:  but, rather, are you better off with a
general policy where most users either can or cannot have admin
access.  My experience is that a lot of users, if not most, want the
admin access.  I would probably lean toward a policy where, by
default, the user does not have the admin and you then allow it on a
case basis (hopefully very few cases).

Harold




Well, from my unscientific, very small sample of universities whose
policies I'm aware of, there seems to be two groups that basically lock
At 10:17 AM 4/9/2006, Julian Y. Koh wrote:
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> >Just wondering for some viewpoints on the pros and cons of letting the
> >end-users in an academic environment have local administrative access on
> >their windows pc's.
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> I think it totally depends on where those users are and what they need to do
> with their computers.  It seems totally appropriate that some users actually
> do need Administrator access, and some users really shouldn't have it at all.
>  Trying to apply a blanket policy in this area to the entire population of an
> academic institution seems like a suboptimal plan to me.
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Harold Winshel
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Faculty of Arts & Sciences
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