Aaron Margosis' "Non-Admin" and App-Compat WebLog

A whole lot of detail about how to use "RunAs" to run programs under a different account....

This is the really important one for your non-techie friends and relatives ......

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...

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...