Re: local windows accounts

[Brian Erdelyi <brian_erdelyi () yahoo com>]

Well... Give them a local non-admin account.  They won't be able to access anything on the network.  They aren't 
telling you everything.

On May 20, 2011, at 3:06 PM, Matthew Perry <mlperry () gmail com> wrote:

> "personal preference and credential compartmentalization" was the
> answer I got.  My issue is getting management to back me right now.
> Also is there a group policy setting to keep users from creating local
> accounts?
>
> On Friday, May 20, 2011, Joel Esler <joel.esler () me com> wrote:
> > Ask them why.  Then report back.  Most likely they don't need what they are asking.
> >
> > On May 20, 2011, at 1:24 PM, Matthew Perry wrote:
> >
> > > I have a few users who insist that they need a local account on their domain laptops.  I am trying to explain to 
> > > them that their password will cache and allow them to login while not on the network.  It also looks like local 
> > > accounts bypass a lot of our group policy rules that we have put in place and I do not want to have to manage local 
> > > policies as well.  Can anyone give me some more good reasons why it is bad to use a local account instead of a 
> > > domain account.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
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