*>>**The fact that it was darn difficult to do much of anything without admin privileges?** * You know, considering that this is a technical list, I generally expect precise, technical answers to specific questions.
"Things were hard..." fails to approach the level of expected precision. Many people on this very list have already attested to running environments where everyone was not an admin. Successfully. Yes, there are apps that were written with no belief that anyone might want to run them with limited rights (e.g. AutoCad), but this is not a limitation of the OS. Many of these apps exist TODAY, on current versions of Windows. Please provide specific examples of these "darn difficult" things of which you speak. Because right now, all you're providing is much hand-waving. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:37 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote: > The fact that it was darn difficult to do much of anything without admin > privileges? IMHO, Windows XP was the first full 32-bit O/S designed as a > “desktop OS”. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:15 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Mac and Windows mix > > > > And what, exactly, made Windows 2000 Workstation more of a "server" O/S? > > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > * * > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:34 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Strictly NT. Windows 2000 was much more “user friendly” but was, IMO, more > of a “server” O/S, even W2K Workstation. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:23 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > Funny, it was my user OS since pre-beta. > > > > Are you speaking of the NT “family”, or strictly the versions of the same > codebase named “NT”? > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:29 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > True… but NT was not a “user” operating system. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:27 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > This is only one, tiny, aspect of implementing a security model (reading > Windows Internals by Russinovich/Solomon is highly recommended). > > > > That said, Windows NT has had the same model since the first released > version (v3.1 back in 1993) > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:13 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > Basically, that users are not admins and that everything runs in > “userspace” unless specifically run as an admin, including installation of > software. > ~ 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
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