Thursday, February 05, 2009

TIPS & TRICKS: Do Not Run As Admin

Continuing evidence of why no one should run as administrator or with administrative privileges on their user account:

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewarticlebasic&articleid=9127318&source=rss_news

Yes, when you first purchase a new computer, you'll need admin privileges to install your software. But, after all the software is installed, there will be few instances where admin rights are need to execute anything. This holds true for all operating systems and all devices, especially internet devices, including mobile devices.

The main point from the article above:
Nine of out 10 critical bugs reported by Microsoft Corp. last year could have been made moot, or at least made less dangerous, if people ran Windows without administrative rights, a developer of enterprise rights management software claimed today.

No comments: