[bookport] Re: Administrative Questions
- From: "Walt Smith" <WSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:06:59 -0500
By default, if a system has only one account defined, that account has
administrator privileges and it's my opinion that the whole issue is
really a non-issue in this instance. Personally, I wouldn't want anyone
to whom I hadn't granted administrator privileges mucking around
installing anything on my system--that's why they wouldn't have been
given administrator privileges in the first place.=20
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Scanlan
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:46 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Administrative Questions
Really, really, really, bad idea. Wide open administrator privileges
is=20
one of the biggest problems in security and openings for hackers,
viruses,=20
and spyware. I would hazard that the people on this list are far more=20
sophisticated and experienced than the average user, and therefore NOT=20
representative. That means that a vote from this list will be more
skewed=20
to administrators, and therefore give you a skewed result. Actually,
maybe=20
not. Even one negative response should shoot this down.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:17 AM
Subject: [bookport] Administrative Questions
> How many of you on this list do _not_ run your PC as an administrator?
>
> This question only applies to Windows XP.
>
> We are thinking of requiring administrative privledges to perform
> firmware updates, and we would like to get an idea of how this would
> effect the general user.
>
>
>=20
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