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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi Mervin,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We give them a second account which has admin rights and make
them sign a form which basically says that if anything goes wrong which is a
result of ‘tinkering’ or illegal software, the computer will be reimaged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The system has been working quite well, very few issues, and we
can rest at night knowing that their normal user is not an admin. We use this
system for both Mac, XP and Vista.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>For their data backup, we use the built in sync software on both
Mac(homeSync) and PC(offline files) to sync only their documents (email etc)
when they are connected to the network.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I guess it depends on how dangerous you think your users are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Jeff Kirby<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Network Support Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Computer Services Unit/Computer Mediated Learning Unit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Faculty of Science and Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Flinders University of South Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> GPO BOX 2100, Adelaide 5001, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> PH : #5845 or 0401 148 928<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au
[mailto:unimactech-bounces@auc.edu.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mervin uy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 9 February 2009 2:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> University Macintosh Technical Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [UniMacTech] What rights do your laptop users have?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Hi
All..<br>
<br>
Not really asking a tech question today more of a General
query, I am currently having issues with admin rights and end users constantly
requesting admin rights. I wanted to know what other universities are doing
with laptops in regards to End users requesting Admin rights.<br>
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Cheers all<br>
<br>
</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#7F7F7F'>Mervin Uy<br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#656598'>Technical Officer<br>
</span></b><span style='color:#00007F'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#656598'>School Of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry<br>
</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FE9800'>The
University of Sydney<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#7F7F7F'>Room 607 Brennan Maccallum Building A18, University of Sydney
NSW 2006<br>
T: +61 2 9351 2538 </span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#FD7E00'>|</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#7F7F7F'> F: +61 2 9351 3918 </span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#FE7F00'>|</span><span style='font-size:
7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'> E: Mervin Uy <</span><u><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a
href="mailto:Mervin.uy@usyd.edu.au">mailto:Mervin.uy@usyd.edu.au</a></span></u><span
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