Re: frequently-traveling users and their company-issued laptops

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Re: frequently-traveling users and their company-issued laptops Frankster 08-31-2006
Posted by Frankster on August 31, 2006, 9:26 am
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Make them local-only admins. This way they can change network card/wireless
settings as necessary when they travel. Also, often these folks will have
gadgets such as Palm Pilots or Blackberrys that need to be synced, etc.
Often these (stupid) programs require admin access to operate properly.

-Frank

> Gurus,
>
> For you IT manager types working at large companies, what is your policy
> regarding frequently-traveling users who have company-issued laptops -
> what
> level of rights do you give them to their laptops? Do you make them local
> administrators or what? If you do not make them local administrators - do
> you make them call in a ticket everytime they want to install some
> software?
>
> --
> Spin
>
>
>



Posted by Jill on August 31, 2006, 4:50 pm
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You can allow your users to operate those devices and synch without giving
them admin rights. Usually the program file directory, temp directory, or
%systemroot% directory needs read, write, or modify permissions; but hardly
ever Full Control or Admin rights. It is very dangerous to allow regular
users admin rights.




> Make them local-only admins. This way they can change network
> card/wireless settings as necessary when they travel. Also, often these
> folks will have gadgets such as Palm Pilots or Blackberrys that need to be
> synced, etc. Often these (stupid) programs require admin access to operate
> properly.
>
> -Frank
>
>> Gurus,
>>
>> For you IT manager types working at large companies, what is your policy
>> regarding frequently-traveling users who have company-issued laptops -
>> what
>> level of rights do you give them to their laptops? Do you make them
>> local
>> administrators or what? If you do not make them local administrators -
>> do
>> you make them call in a ticket everytime they want to install some
>> software?
>>
>> --
>> Spin
>>
>>
>>
>
>



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