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Getting rid of local administrators

Posted on June 21, 2021 at 02:41 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

ON SECURITY

By Susan Bradley

Administrator rights are easy to set up but hard to remove.

Once upon a time, we always configured Windows computers with full administrative rights. We thought nothing of it; it was an expected and a normal part of getting a computer system ready to go. We took being an administrator for granted because we needed to install software and run programs that required administrator rights.

Then people — attackers — began to realize that user accounts with administrative rights were the keys to the kingdom, making it easier for them to gain access to a system and do their dirty deeds.

Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.23.0 (2021-06-21).

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