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Admin user vs. Standard user
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Admin user vs. Standard user
Now, how do we bring the thread back to my original issue... Please see 'Admin user vs. Standard user' (http://tinyurl.com/7wmmun) -- bjm Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:24:31 +0000, bjm
wrote: To: Steve Thackery this is copy/paste of my original post ::-Q: ON A COMPUTER WITH ONE AND ONLY ONE USER. DOES THE STANDARD ACCOUNT OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL PROTECTION BEYOND ~ PROTECTING ME FROM MYSELF~ DOES A ONE USER COMPUTER HAVE ANY MORE PROTECTION AND SECURITY USING A CREATED STANDARD USER ACCOUNT VS. USING THE DEFAULT ADMIN USER ACCOUNT RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BJM I DID NOT TYPE IT CAPS AND AS I'M VIEWING IT NOW IT'S NOT CAPS. ::- It's all caps here, just as it was in your original message. Regardless of how you typed it, all caps is how it went out to the newsgroup. It happened at *your* end, not at our end. I can't tell you how it happened, but if you didn't type it that way, it was the fault of vBulletin USENET gateway, one of those services that leech newsgroup posts, and which I strongly recommend against. You're posting to a Microsoft newsgroup, and you should do so directly, not through such a leeching service. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Ken Blake, MVP;1139383 Wrote: On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:24:31 +0000, bjm wrote: To: Steve Thackery this is copy/paste of my original post ::-Q: ON A COMPUTER WITH ONE AND ONLY ONE USER. DOES THE STANDARD ACCOUNT OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL PROTECTION BEYOND ~ PROTECTING ME FROM MYSELF~ DOES A ONE USER COMPUTER HAVE ANY MORE PROTECTION AND SECURITY USING A CREATED STANDARD USER ACCOUNT VS. USING THE DEFAULT ADMIN USER ACCOUNT RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BJM I DID NOT TYPE IT CAPS AND AS I'M VIEWING IT NOW IT'S NOT CAPS. ::- It's all caps here, just as it was in your original message. Regardless of how you typed it, all caps is how it went out to the newsgroup. It happened at *your* end, not at our end. I can't tell you how it happened, but if you didn't type it that way, it was the fault of vBulletin USENET gateway, one of those services that leech newsgroup posts, and which I strongly recommend against. You're posting to a Microsoft newsgroup, and you should do so directly, not through such a leeching service. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup OK I'll be happy to stop. This was my first post to this Forum and I am posting from the website and that's all I can offer. I have no idea what a leeching service is. Since my browser and ISP are not compatible. I offer an apology to all concerned. My issue was ignored and my erroneously perceived offensive shouting became the content of the thread. Sorry, I caused such hurt feelings. I have no idea what a vBulletin USENET gateway is. Respectfully submitted bjm I request the Forum administrator purge my email and user ID. -- bjm Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com |
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bjm wrote:
To: Steve Thackery this is copy/paste of my original post ::-Q: ON A COMPUTER WITH ONE AND ONLY ONE USER. DOES THE STANDARD ACCOUNT OFFER ANY ADDITIONAL PROTECTION BEYOND ~ PROTECTING ME FROM MYSELF~ DOES A ONE USER COMPUTER HAVE ANY MORE PROTECTION AND SECURITY USING A CREATED STANDARD USER ACCOUNT VS. USING THE DEFAULT ADMIN USER ACCOUNT RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BJM I DID NOT TYPE IT CAPS AND AS I'M VIEWING IT NOW IT'S NOT CAPS. ::- And it is in all upper case (caps) letters. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Christopher R. Lee wrote:
I don't suppose I'm the only user who regularly downloads executables. It's a real pain if you have to change username every time. One doesn't need to change usernames or switch accounts to download executables. Now, if you were downloading and executing at the same time, it might be necessary to use an account with elevated privileges, but this is, to my thinking a very unwise action. Executables should be downloaded and saved to a save location, and first scanned for malware before being executed. Anyway, even an administrator account doesn't let you do normal things like changing file/directory attributes. It does for me. Finally, Windows obsessively directs users to individual user storage areas, ... Only if you allow it to do so. *You* control where Windows saves files. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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bjm wrote:
Mr. Chambers, Please permit me to continue our dialog Admin vs. Standard. I thought with the Vista OS (which has a hidden system Admin account) that the user default Admin account and the user created Standard account are both LUA (Limited User Account/Access) accounts. I thought the only difference under the hood between the two is that user Admin allowed click through for UAC prompts and user Standard required password for UAC prompts. No, the administrative accounts, while somewhat limited for some purposes, still have greater control and access than limited user accounts, even with UAC. Further, UAC, while a good step in the direction of greater security, is not a bullet-proof defense. It's an aid, not a cure-all. It's presence doesn't absolve the user of all responsibility for practicing safe hex. Standard security precautions shouldn't be discarded, placing blind faith in a relatively new (for Microsoft) technology. Windows Vista Features Explained: User Account Control http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ntcontrol.mspx How to use User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922708/en-us -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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