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- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in Windows
- Do you give your users in your organization admin privileges?Do you give your users in your organization admin privileges?InterestingThat's a damn good idea, now all they need is a home use solution and they could retire tomorrow.Trust no
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- XP Pro - Built in Admin account
- I have just installed XP Pro on a new system and have also set it up on a wireless network in a workgroup. Through the built in Administrator account I have created new users. Two of these have Admin privileges and one has a password. The built in Administrator account...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Lock taskbar checked and disabled
- I want to move my taskbar but am unable to do so. It is locked and then greyed out. Does anyone know where in the registery this is located?Sounds as if you are not logged on with Admin rightsIf you have limited rights on this particular comput
- Discussion threads 2006-12-10
- Admin Privilege
- Admin PrivilegeI am the computer administrator for a small company. I manage 12 PC and a server. I have someone throwing a royal fit that they do not have admin privleges for "their" PC. They ask me why they can't and are not satisfied with any of...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-17
- Window XP Scheduler problem
- I have a simple VBScript that calls up MS Excel, and runs an Excel macro to format some data. This script, as listed below, runs fine if I start it manually or scheduled it to run when I am logged on as a regular user (i.e. without Admin priviledge). If...
- Q&A 2005-11-04
Additional Resources
- Defending Principle of least privilege
- Hi, I am implementing the principle of least privilege in my organisation by making sure users active directory accounts are a member of the users group on their PCs.I have a group of users that work out of hours, they have a nightshift plus weekend shifts. Traditionally they have had...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-25
- The basics of secure admin privilege use with Unix
- Sometimes, it's worthwhile to get back to basics. Read about the basics of secure administrative privilege use on Unix-like systems. by Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2009-06-28
- Missing the true impact of Vista UAC
- Missing the true impact of Vista UACarticle rootVista UACI'm of the opinion that there are 2 fronts to Windows Vista UAC. The first being company workstation. As a Network Admin, Vista's UAC is a huge stride forward in securing workstations both at the local machine level and in a domain.The...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
- Helping a user with his home computer â€" a confusing conclusion
- Helping a user with his home computer - a confusing conclusionRead the original piece. Any guesses as to what the issue was? (Sorry, you have all the clues that I have!)Would you have gone over when the son (or son-in-law) was there?Would you call the technician? If so, how would...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Cisco Router 871 Configure for Small Business
- Hi All,Having problem seting up Cisco 871 software 12.3 router for internet use at my office.Here is the setup.We have broadband provided by phone line. I have adsl modem in bridge mode.So here is what i did for cisco box:1.Because it is not a first time i am doing this...
- Q&A 2009-06-16
- New Cisco 871W configuration - WAN not allowing traffic
- Hi all,I purchased a new Cisco 871w, for learning while I am studying my ccna. First time I have tried to configure one but I have not had much success. I need to configure the WAN port (port4) to accept a wan dhcp. I have an Ethernet modem which...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- Cisco 851 DHCP binding problem
- Hi, I got my company's Cisco 851 wired router running, and now im trying to bind paticular equiptment that we use (such as a printer/scanner/fax machine) with the mac-address in the DHCP server.Posted below I have my current running config. At first the Binding works, but for some reason it...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Should a corporate executive be allowed to violate IT policy and receive admin rights?
- Not every network administration problem can be directlytied to a technical issue. Often the most difficult administrative situationsstem from the volatility of human interaction where politics, personality, andego can render even the best IT policy moot. When well-established IT security proceduresconflict with the desires of upper-echelon management, it can often...
- Technical articles 2004-06-25
- No Domain rights on Vista Ultimate client
- We have a domain of which I am admin, all XP except one Vista Ultimate. On this one client I must enter the local admin credentials everytime I install or remove programs or do anything that requires admin privilege. It seems that the domain security is being overridden by the...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- Lost Admin Rights in Win XP Pro in local laptop and Win XP Home in home PC
- I have lost partial User Admin Rights for all users who earlier had admin rights in my laptop with XP Pro and in my PC with XP Home edition. Both are standalone computers and are not part of any domain. I already tried different things in the computers to rectify...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Windows 7 GUI
- Hello all,I would like to eventually upgrade my small office network from XP to 7 but seem to be having issues with the Aero GUI. Admin accounts will display the Aero fine but normal Users have the updated windows classic desktop. They should have rights to change their desktop...
- Q&A 2010-02-08
- Running Windows with Least Privilege
- One of the the Tech-Ed sessions that I didn't get to attend but heard good things about was "Tips and Tricks to Running Windows with Least Privilege." Fortunately, Microsoft has made this session available as a webcast. This is extremely helpful for admins that currently give their users local admin...
- Blog posts 2005-06-23
- administrator privilege is lost
- hello. i went into windows xp's control panel and accidentally checked "disable this account" for administrator, so currently now i don't have any administrators in that machine. below shows a screenshot of it, please tell me what i can do?many thanks!http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/sleepingartistebay/other/administratoraccounterror.jpgAccording to technet the built-in Administrator account cannot be disabled...
- Q&A 2006-03-29
- users with administrator privilege
- users with administrator privilegeHi,This may seem very basic to all of you but it is a real problem for me and I need your help in solving it.For years, all the employees where I work have had administrator privileges on all of the computers, even though most of them don't...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
- How to access shared resource on Domain Server
- Dear all,We have a couple of desktop systems are got connected to ADC-Domain Server.I am Able to access the shared folder from the server by typing at Start > Run \Problem is 'sometime' user Standard Userlogged on to local machine couldn't access the shareholder,...but they can access if they just...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
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