Local Accounts on a Windows 7 Network and Server 2008 R2
I have many Server 2008 R@ networks with Windows 7 clients and Want to know how I should handle local desktop accounts.
Should I just have a local admin account and thats all or should I also have local accoutn for the common user of that machine?
What about users that use 2-3 different machines in the office? Should they have a local login on each machine they typically use or just domain account?
Should I just have a local admin account and thats all or should I also have local accoutn for the common user of that machine?
What about users that use 2-3 different machines in the office? Should they have a local login on each machine they typically use or just domain account?
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jakethecatuk:as IainNIX said...not having a local admin account has it's risks - which I personally have lived with in the past without any problems, but it's personal choice.
you can either leave the admin account enabled with a strong password or create a new account with admin rights and leave the admin account disabled. either will achieve the same result
Any other pros/cons to doing it one way or the other? Is one more secure than the other?
you can either leave the admin account enabled with a strong password or create a new account with admin rights and leave the admin account disabled. either will achieve the same result
Any other pros/cons to doing it one way or the other? Is one more secure than the other?
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When doing Maintenance and Such on the domain should you use the administrator account or create another one? Security Speaking.
A lot of the customers I inherited have domain networks and all the admin work is done under the administrator account.
Should this be changed to be more secure on a domain?
A lot of the customers I inherited have domain networks and all the admin work is done under the administrator account.
Should this be changed to be more secure on a domain?
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I will make those changes. Thanks for the advice.
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