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Thursday, July 19, 2007
 
Admin Rights

Saw this in Support Alert today, and thought it's worth publicizing. As much as the common security advice is not to run as Admin, there are a number of tools that simply don't work without the Admin rights. It's frustrating.

Programs That Won't Run in a Limited User Account
Working with a Windows limited users account is a good way of reducing the chance of getting infected by malware. Unfortunately many poorly written programs won't work properly in a limited account. These sites list some of the worst offenders:
http://www.threatcode.com/admin_rights.htm
http://www.pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Keith/HallOfShame.html

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