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quick poll: on your work desktop, do you have local admin rights?
from other sources:
[4] yes
- "I asked the helpdesk and they gave me the password"
- "I run a virtual machine on my local workstation"
- "small company, everyone has local admin. no real 'IT department'"
[2] yes, I'm the IT manager
[2] no
- "it'd be easy to get if you prove your need, but I don't want the blame when the PC breaks"
- "we use thin clients, so there is no local admin account"
One common procedure seems to be the two-desktop system. One desktop is the IT-controlled system, the other the employee controls. This sometimes extends to two networks.
from other sources:
[4] yes
- "I asked the helpdesk and they gave me the password"
- "I run a virtual machine on my local workstation"
- "small company, everyone has local admin. no real 'IT department'"
[2] yes, I'm the IT manager
[2] no
- "it'd be easy to get if you prove your need, but I don't want the blame when the PC breaks"
- "we use thin clients, so there is no local admin account"
One common procedure seems to be the two-desktop system. One desktop is the IT-controlled system, the other the employee controls. This sometimes extends to two networks.