Nobody on your team needs admin rights on their PC
When every user account is an administrator, one wrong click hands over the keys to the whole machine.
Raise your hand if everyone at your company can install anything they want on their work computer.
That’s the problem.
When every user account is an administrator, one wrong click hands over the keys to the whole machine. A bad download can install itself, dig in, and spread. When people run as standard users, that same bad click hits a wall — it asks for an admin password they don’t have.
That one prompt is the difference between an afternoon of cleanup and a very expensive week.
Fix it this week: make everyone’s everyday account a standard user. Keep one admin account per computer, with a password only you and your IT person know. Software updates and installs still happen — they just need approval first.
This costs you nothing. No software to buy, no subscription. It takes a few minutes per computer and it closes a door attackers walk through every day.
You’ll hear grumbling the first week. It passes. And the first time something nasty gets stopped by that one password prompt, you’ll be glad it’s there.
— Alan
Valhalla Technology Services
(361) 704-1373
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