> Workstation permissions, especially if the machine is "yours" (i.e.
> you're usually the only user) make little sense to me in that they tend
> to hamper users more than help admins.

Hmmm.  You're only saying that because you've never had to contend
with Vicki Helmholtz, the world's dumbest dental-office receptionist.

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34156

In all seriousness, this little piece of (somewhat vulgar) satire
underscores WHY sysadmins LOVE to set user permissions.  If Vicki
had to call her sysadmin for permission to install that crappy inspirational
sayings screensaver, he'd have said, "Sorry!  Not going to happen!" and
problem solved.  Plus, when the computer bogs down because of all the
spyware/adware/etc. that's showing up on it, the sysadmin just copies
Vicki's documents to a new user profile and deletes the old one.  Problem
solved!

The bottom line is, if you're logged in as a User or Power User under XP
(or 2k), there is very little you can do to screw up your computer that
can't be fixed by logging in as the admin, creating a new user profile,
and copying the files over.  And that is a VERY helpful thing for a
system administrator.

Mike H.

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