I've been thinking that would be a good idea, but don't have my first two accounts figured out yet. I want to get to that point sooner rather than later, especially since we'll be migrating to Ex2010 soonish, and I want to use a different account for that, and then set up an account for administering workstations.
How do you keep your passwords straight? I use password safe, for the most part. Kurt On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 18:31, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm running three accounts generally, and sometimes a fourth. > Personal everyday work account, no admin access anywhere. > Workstation admin account for general admin tasks on my machine and machines > I'm not concerned about being infected with something. > Domain admin account for accessing servers, only. > I also have a honeypot account that I enable to interactively login to a > live machine, and disable once I'm done, it's in the workstation admin > group. > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm collecting a bunch of command lines for launching my tools from a >> non-elevated prompt (either Start/Run, or a shell), but some just >> don't work well, and I keep an elevated command prompt for just that >> purpose. >> >> I'm working at making my personal account a non-admin on my own >> machine, and everywhere else, and using a specific DA account for the >> things I need to do those kinds of tasks. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 17:17, Hilderbrand, Doug >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a few apps that prompt me every time I run them. >> > >> > For the 2 apps that trip UAC every time I run them (for no discernable >> > reason: >> > I think it's because of a localmachine registry key), >> > I: >> > * created a scheduled task (with no trigger) >> > * turned on the "Run with highest privileges" option >> > * created shortcut to C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn >> > "Taskname" >> > >> > No UAC prompt. >> > >> > >> > Doug Hilderbrand | Systems Analyst, Information Technology | Crane >> > Aerospace & Electronics >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:10 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: Win7 UAC - is your on or off? >> > >> > I'm an admin on my own machine, but I still have UAC running. I have a >> > few apps that prompt me everytime I run them. >> > >> >>>> David Lum <[email protected]> 06/30/11 7:34 AM >>> >> > Do any of you turn this off? I had our Service Desk Manager look at me >> > like I had two heads when I told him I don't turn mine off and I asked >> > "yours is off?" and he answered "It's me, I know when I am doing >> > something to my system...". >> > >> > I swear I read somewhere there is good reason to keep UAC on and just >> > throttle down the prompts (with Win7 I've left it at default), but I'll >> > be damned if I can find it at the moment. 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