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Question about Security and Limited User Accounts in Security http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20062245 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:21:11 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:21:11 EDT Re: Question about Security and Limited User Accounts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062460 artesian79 : If the scan finds something as a normal scheduled scan, how is it ever "fixed" if no one logs in?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062460 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:50:31 EDT Re: Question about Security and Limited User Accounts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062423 bcastner :

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062423 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:44:08 EDT Re: Question about Security and Limited User Accounts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062312 Its a Secret : Leave the users as limited. Set up the admin profile for scheduled tasks i.e. scans etc, not the users, and don't add them (users) as admin. Bad idea.

Limited users can't defrag or use services if you lock the snap-in.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062312 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:24:33 EDT Question about Security and Limited User Accounts http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062245 artesian79 : I've just completed rebuilding a new system for the friend of a family member.

I'm thinking of changing the adult's and child's accounts to limited, and adding a admin id that will show on the screen. The admin id will be pswd protected, the other won't. (O/S is XP Home.)

I've added AVG and AVG anti-spyware. Will the adult user be able to run these scans from a limited ID? I've scheduled scans and updates and was using the newly created admin ID to do so - does this mean the admin ID needs to log in order for them to run? Do I need to schedule them from the adult's ID in order for that person to see the scan results?

Can the limited user's ID run defrags of the whole system, and can it perform whole system disk cleanup?

Other than adding software, what will the limited ID not be able to do? I want them to use limited for surfing, but if they can't do the regular scans and maintenance I doubt they'll do them at all which means I probably should just leave them as admin so the scans and maintenance get done.

How have the rest of you resolved this for people who aren't real skilled and perhaps not as security minded as they should be?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20062245 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:11:33 EDT