I've found that indiscriminately granting local admin privileges results in more support calls, as well as an increase in restores and repairs.
Depends on the environment, of course... As for visitation rights, there are a multitude of Remote Administration tools to make use of... http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=RemoteCtrl.TXT ============================================================== ASB - http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=~MoreInfo.TXT ============================================================== "They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much." -- Malcolm Cowley. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Martinez >Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 12:33 PM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: RE: Permissions on IPCONFIG Windows 2000 > > >That's not what I meant. You and your team mates do not >allow users to have >local admin rights? What if they need to install Napster or >an instant >messenger? ;) >I found that not granting local admin rights causes more visits to >individual machines etc. If you have things secure on >servers then you >should be fine. > >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 9:24 AM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: RE: Permissions on IPCONFIG Windows 2000 > > >Correct NT 4.0 allows users to release and renew with just >normal user >rights ( Not admin or power users group) > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Martinez >Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:57 AM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: RE: Permissions on IPCONFIG Windows 2000 > > >Is your network so strict that they don't allow the user to >have local admin >rights? > >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:48 AM >To: NT 2000 Discussions >Subject: Permissions on IPCONFIG Windows 2000 > > >Looks like you need to be at least a power user to run >IPCONFIG /Release or >Renew under Windows 2000. Does anyone know of a way to >grant rights to >allow users to run IPCONFIG / Release and Renew. I really >do not want to >add general users to that group if I can help it. > > > >Thanks in advance, >Jeff > > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
