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Re: Local Admin Accounts


From: Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:26:19 -0400

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[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Guy Pace
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Local Admin Accounts

Dropping everyone to basic user would have been my preference. But,
remember this was back in the early dark ages of Win2k and AD.

You need say no more. :)


We still
had to deal with production applications that were based on Win95
design practices. PowerUser was a compromise that we had to live with
for a while. Today, it should not be a problem.

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