how should users be setup (admins on local pcs or not)

[Chip Orange]

We are upgrading our win2k (where users are local admins) to xp (where it's
been suggested this is not a good practice, and we should switch to a model
where users are not admins).

We were told that the priviledges of an installation done from a central
point can be temporarily elevated for the software itself to be an admin,
but I'm concerned that the day-to-day running of software may be impacted if
we downgrade user's security level.

Any opinions on this practice?

Thanks.

Chip

 

[Shenan Stanley]

We are upgrading our win2k (where users are local admins) to xp
(where it's been suggested this is not a good practice, and we should
switch to a model where users are not admins).

We were told that the priviledges of an installation done from a
central point can be temporarily elevated for the software itself to
be an admin, but I'm concerned that the day-to-day running of
software may be impacted if we downgrade user's security level.

Any opinions on this practice?

Regular Users of a system seldom have a true need for Administrative rights
and the stability of the machine is compromised if they do.