On 12 Jun 2006 at 15:14, Wayne Johnson wrote: > At 02:57 PM 6/12/2006, Gary VanderMolen typed: > >Vista's default user account (the one created during the install) > >is a member of the administrator group, but is not THE > >administrator. The real administrator account is difficult to get to. > >Furthermore, the default account runs at a security privilege level > >of an ordinary user, so when anything 'administrative' needs to > >be done, a prompt pops up requesting consent for temporary elevation > >to administrator level. If you are running from a non-privileged > >user account, a different prompt will come up, requesting login with > >the administrator password. > > I don't believe that this is going to sit well with SOHO & small > businesses at all. FWIW I don't mean what MSFT calls small business > but rather the small businesses that are lucky to have up to 10 > workstations & one guru if that.
In what way? Are you arguing that small businesses are best run "full admin all the time"??? That's crazy, IMO. 10 workstations or not, the business dangers from unclued folk running "full admin" would/should make such operations shy away from that situation like the plague. Let them contract with a local PC shop to provide system services [we do that for a few businesses around Roanoke] or find some other way. As a meta-comment, if my conjecture of what you meant is correct, then it still doesn't make much sense: on a reasonably set up system, there is virtually *NO* need for anyone to be administrator at all. Software updates should be done by a manager, not willy-nilly by the individual users at random (and they don't happen all that often); hardware installs, again, should be done by a manager/techie, not willy-nilly by the users. In addition, since it is a *business* matter that the systems work properly [and not leak out sensitive information, or take the company down because a sick computer has screwed up a server or the LAN or something], users should NOT be allowed to install programs. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
