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Who to assign read/write access rights for a single-user application to run correctly?
My application installs for a single user on a Windows machine. Any user may install the application for himself, but the application will save some information common to all users in a separate ...
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Giving privilege with validity in Windows 7
In parental control I can restrict the games, applications, and also set time for usage. But how can I grant some privilege (like using some application or playing games) with a validity? To be more ...
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Closing handles of a process as a regular user
Here's the situation: As an adminstrator, I am able to stall the application by closing 2 handles held by the process. (Using ProcExplorer) . Is there any way/hack I can use to close file handles ...
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Do you give local administrator account password to notebook users?
My notebook users need to travel a lot.
Quite often, they need elevated privileges on that machine, like when adding a printer or change network settings.
Should I give them local administrator's ...
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User Account Notification under Windows useful at all?
IMHO the 'screen dimming'-and-displaying-of-warning-window feature (?) in Windows is extremely annoying, since I routinely run software that does require the permission to modify a lot of things. I ...
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Breaking out of a strict linux sandbox running virtually under windows: do the linux-sandbox access control policies even matter?
I am developing an application which will run untrusted code. I have been designing it for linux, thinking that I can just run it in a virtual machine on windows when the need arises. The linux ...
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How do you discover what permissions an AD group has, if you have no documentation?
You just got hired at company A and the old administrator is no longer there. Requests start coming through for adding users to the internet restrict group. When you look at the groups none of the ...
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Windows task manager can see all processes as non administrator without permission
On Windows Server 2008 R2 operating as a standard user, when I open Task Manager I can see all the processes from different users on the system. I have the option to click "Show all processes" which ...
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Windows mandatory access control: How to remove “mandatory level” label from the file?
1) How to remove "mandatory level" label from the file?
I have two files, for first icalcs return
Mandatory Label\Medium Mandatory Level:(NW)
for second icalcs doesn't return anything (that means ...
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Prevent acccess to the C drive on Windows systems
Is it possible to prevent regular users from accessing the C drive via Windows Explorer? they should be allowed to execute certain programs. This is to ensure that employees cannot steal or copy out ...
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How is UAC a security improvement?
What does User Account Control on Windows offer in terms of security? It's just an extra click to potentially run a virus.
