In an environment where local admin rights are granted to install software, AppSense have a free (currently beta) product called StrataApps which allows non-admins to install software. If this is your case for admin rights it may help. See http://appsensebigot.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/strata-apps-appsense-labs-debuts.html
---Blackberried -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 12:07:00 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: UAC and local admin rights In many MSP environments, disabling UAC is a necessity for control and automation. Granting local admin rights... well... that may depend on the client applications used in that environment. I'm not condoning either, but I know that certain environments pretty much require it. Things can be hard enough when IT support is remote... -- Espi On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 6:54 PM, James Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Whilst investigating a new clients environment I found a group policy > created by the previous MSP that disabled UAC on all computers and granted > all users local admin rights.**** > > ** ** > > The previous MSP is well known and fairly large.**** > > ** ** > > It really raises my blood pressure!**** > > ** ** > > /end rant**** > > ** ** > > James.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
