This Week: Administrative privilege, not administrative birthright

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February 07, 2005 Published by  SearchWin2000.com This Week NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     IN THIS ISSUE:   > From the Editor: Administrative privilege, not administrative birthright   > Learning Guide: Defragging 101   > White Papers: Automating help desks and Managing end-user performance   > Webcasts: Business apps in the mobile workforce   > More From SearchWin2000: Chip prices, VB script, new salary survey and more Visual Studio .NET Info Center Visit the VS.NET Info Center on SearchVB.com. You can enjoy features like the "Ask the VS.NET Experts" section where our team of experts answers your toughest Windows development questions on topics like C#, ASP.NET and VB.NET. FROM THE EDITOR Administrative privilege, not administrative birthright [by John Hogan] Information workers are the lifeblood of an organization. Without them, there would be no need for an IT shop. But there are limits to that gratitude. Take the whole notion of administrative privilege. Note that the term isn't administrative God-given right or administrative birthright. Sometimes, that privilege has to be taken away -- or not granted in the first place -- to protect the network from security breaches or to keep people from messing around with things they shouldn't be messing around with. But try to tell that to a user who believes they simply must have administrative privileges because, well, they must. Worse yet, some applications won't run in user mode, so there's no choice but to let them operate as an administrator. Security consultant Steve Friedl, who spoke recently to SearchWin2000.com on the subject, had some pretty good advice to offer. First, if you have the ability to revoke privileges for an application, be sure to test things before taking action. You don't want to set in motion unintended consequences. Next, take the time to explain to users why you need to reduce their privileges. With understanding comes acceptance; with ignorance comes a hissy fit. And finally, complain to your vendors if their software doesn't limit user rights. They won't change what they don't know -- or hear -- about. Have a thought about privileges? Send an e-mail and let us know. LEARNING GUIDE Defragging 101 [by Vandana Sharma, Assistant Editor, SearchWinSystems.com] Defragging is high on most administrators' hate lists. But this mundane chore is crucial to maintaining high-performance. This collection of tips, articles and advice can help make defragging easier and less time-consuming.  FEATURED WEBCASTS Information at the Point of Business. Extending critical business applications to the mobile workforce WHEN:   February 8, 2005, 12:00 EST (17:00, GMT) SPEAKER:   Dan Rudolph Director of Product Management, Good Technology SPONSOR:   Good Technology   > VIEW ALL WEBCASTS  FEATURED WHITE PAPERS Build It or Buy It? Deciding How to Automate Your Help Desk Published by: BMC Software Managing Performance from the End User Perspective Published by: Reflectent Software > VIEW ALL WHITE PAPERS MORE FROM SEARCHWIN2000 NEWS: Chip advances blowing up software price assumptions With the advent of multi-core processors, software companies like Microsoft and Oracle are lining up on opposite sides of the pricing fence. And that means upgrading hardware can have a direct affect on software costs for many enterprise customers DESKTOP MANAGEMENT TIP: VB Script does mail Here's a useful script from SearchWinSystems to let you to send e-mail messages. This script works on Windows 2000, and may work on NT 4.0 if the correct CDO library is installed. WINDOWS SECURITY TIP: Setting up Windows Update Services Windows Update Services (WUS) -- now in an open beta -- lets you silently custom-deploy Microsoft updates and fixes throughout a network. Read more about its benefits and get steps to properly set it up on a server in part one of this two-part series by Serdar Yegulalp. CHECKLIST: Preparing to deploy Active Directory Don't let your Active Directory deployment turn into a fiasco. Be prepared by knowing what to expect ahead of time. This checklist provides a step-by-step approach that will help steer you around the pitfalls, while highlighting the best practices for a successful deployment. EXCHANGE TIP: Common Outlook DLL errors Outlook will occasionally produce obscure DLL error messages. This article discusses a few of the more common ones and offers solutions. SURVEY: NEW Salary Survey Visit the Career Center today and view the latest Salary Survey to find out how your job, pay, and satisfaction compare with your peers. 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