There are many niche/industry apps out there that require admin rights. While I personally believe that any app should be able to be configured via security on the file system and the registry to not require admin privs - it can be a hassle to support broad-spectrum, and there are software vendors that will not support such modified environments.
I dont agree with or advocate the practices - but I've certainly encountered the issues. -- Espi On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > 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 > ------------------------------ > *From: * Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> > *Date: *Tue, 1 May 2012 12:07:00 -0700 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * "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 > ~ 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
