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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1124793" data-attributes="member: 114717">It is called &quot;Least Privilege&quot; and &quot;Least Functionality&quot; and published in the US&#039;s NIST SP 800-53R4 and R5.Windows is not shipped in a form that is intended by Microsoft for users to allow everything enabled. But Microsoft does not want to be bothered with home users so it ships a default Windows for Home configuration intended to allow &quot;dumb and stupid users that want to use stuff&quot; to do most anything that they want.Microsoft&#039;s position - along with every other software publisher&#039;s position - is that all users, regardless of their knowledge, awareness, and abilities - are responsible for their actions using their software. Read their EULAs. In short, the user is always the problem. ALWAYS.It should take no more than 60 minutes to fully lock down any Windows system - locking the user out from shooting themselves in the foot or their progeny or other family members or friends from doing the same. For those uneducated people living in rural villages, whom can neither read nor write, and should not be given digital devices - well, there is no helping them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1124793, member: 114717"] It is called "Least Privilege" and "Least Functionality" and published in the US's NIST SP 800-53R4 and R5. Windows is not shipped in a form that is intended by Microsoft for users to allow everything enabled. But Microsoft does not want to be bothered with home users so it ships a default Windows for Home configuration intended to allow "dumb and stupid users that want to use stuff" to do most anything that they want. Microsoft's position - along with every other software publisher's position - is that all users, regardless of their knowledge, awareness, and abilities - are responsible for their actions using their software. Read their EULAs. In short, the user is always the problem. ALWAYS. It should take no more than 60 minutes to fully lock down any Windows system - locking the user out from shooting themselves in the foot or their progeny or other family members or friends from doing the same. For those uneducated people living in rural villages, whom can neither read nor write, and should not be given digital devices - well, there is no helping them. [/QUOTE]

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