From: "Geo" 

Ok that's true, in most business the users will not be running with admin
permissions.

Geo.

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> When I worked for Marathon, 99% of the users were not local
> administrators of their own machines, which were locked down and
> centrally administered.   That enabled the company to reduce the
> number of deskside support people dramatically.
>
> I logged onto my laptop with a non-privileged account.
> On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:02:03 -0400, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
> >So who doesn't run as administrator on their own machine?
> >
> >Geo.
> >
> >"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
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> >> Because you cannot adjust the firewall settings without 'administrator'
> >> priviledge.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >> "Geo"  wrote in message
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> >> > What is already the case? I suggested that when a firewall rule
change
> >is
> >> > detected that the firewall software verify that the change is
authorized
> >> > by
> >> > asking the user for a password before allowing the
change to go into
> >> > effect.
> >> >
> >> > Geo.
> >> >
> >> > "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> >> > news:43294b61$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >> >> If you're running as a 'USER' then surely that is
already the case?
If
> >> >> you're running as administrator then you've already
authenticated
> >> >> yourself
> >> >> to the machine.
> >> >>
> >> >> Paul
> >>
> >>
> >
>

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