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About me: I'm with Microsoft Consulting Services, focusing on US Federal government customers. I've been with MS since January 1999.
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Friday, June 02, 2006 9:43 AM
Anti-virus vs. Non-Admin
Should you run as admin only because your anti-virus wants you to?
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Saturday, February 04, 2006 1:06 AM
I'm Back! Upcoming Posts...
Aaron Margosis is back to his non-admin blogging, and announces upcoming topics.
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Friday, September 10, 2004 12:05 AM
Running restricted -- What does the "protect my computer" option mean?
What does it mean to "Run as current user" with the option to "Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity"?
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Friday, June 25, 2004 12:55 PM
"Zero-day" attacks and using limited privilege
Expect to see more malware predating the patches - and how you can protect yourself. (Or, "Why you shouldn't run as admin, Part 2")
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Wednesday, June 23, 2004 1:46 AM
"RunAs" basic (and intermediate) topics
A whole lot of detail about how to use "RunAs" to run programs under a different account.
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Thursday, June 17, 2004 9:13 PM
The easiest way to run as non-admin
This is the
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important one for your non-techie friends and relatives ...
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Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:47 AM
Why you shouldn't run as admin...
First, let’s define terms. This may be oversimplifying, but for the purpose of this discussion there are only two types of users: Administrators, and Users. They are essentially distinguished by membership in the “Administrators” and
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Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:13 AM
Not running as admin...
The security principle of “least privilege” is well understood: Software should run with the smallest set of privileges needed to perform its tasks. Low-privileged processes can do a lot less damage when they are compromised (or just buggy)
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