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Old 08-28-2006, 03:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
Default Built-in Administrator Account Disabled by Default

Finally!!

Post from Vista Security Blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistase...security_.aspx



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Old 08-28-2006, 04:01 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Ben Miller wrote:
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> Finally!!
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> Post from Vista Security Blog
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> http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistase...security_.aspx
You have to wonder if this was planned all along. Since the Beta 2 CTP I've
been running as a standard user. It seemed to me that Vista was designed for
this with a standard user (and using run as administrator when needed)
working better than running with the crippled/fake administrator accounts.

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