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Should students get administrator privileges on their laptops?
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<blockquote data-quote="TairikuOkami" data-source="post: 797761" data-attributes="member: 61892"><p>The problem is the choice, or the lack of it. What is the point of lending them laptops, if they can not really use them for work (specific apps, etc)? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite132" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Partially true, malware can elevate to admin easy as pie, so that does not really protect them, they would also have hard time removing the malware.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would include a clause, that if the user chooses to have admin rights, any system repairs would be made by restoring a system image removing all user's files in the process or by paying in the case of restoring important files, all other non-admin users would receive a free tech support.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You can get system rights within 5 mins, unless booting devices is disabled, that would make it a bit more difficult.</p><p>[CODE]copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe[/CODE]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TairikuOkami, post: 797761, member: 61892"] The problem is the choice, or the lack of it. What is the point of lending them laptops, if they can not really use them for work (specific apps, etc)? :unsure: Partially true, malware can elevate to admin easy as pie, so that does not really protect them, they would also have hard time removing the malware. I would include a clause, that if the user chooses to have admin rights, any system repairs would be made by restoring a system image removing all user's files in the process or by paying in the case of restoring important files, all other non-admin users would receive a free tech support. You can get system rights within 5 mins, unless booting devices is disabled, that would make it a bit more difficult. [CODE]copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe[/CODE] [/QUOTE]
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