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A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows
Scott Granneman, 2004-02-13

Most people don't secure their computers or act in a secure manner, and the main reason is that the average user just doesn't know what to do. Here is a checklist on security for home computer users that you can share with your friends, family, churches and clubs.

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A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows 2004-02-15
Anonymous (2 replies)
announcements, not patches 2004-02-23
Paul D
Phishing 2004-02-23
Al Macintyre
Addendum 2004-02-16
Dirk (4 replies)
Addendum 2004-02-17
Anonymous (1 replies)
Addendum 2004-02-18
Anonymous
Addendum 2004-02-17
Anonymous (2 replies)
Addendum 2004-02-24
Al Macintyre
Addendum 2004-02-23
Anonymous
A Home User's Security Checklist for Windows 2004-02-16
David Bala?ic (2 replies)
Software that requires Administrator rights 2004-02-23
Anonymous (1 replies)
99% of the time such software only needs Administrator privilages to *install*. It runs perfectly well after that as an unprivilaged user.

Some software, unfortunately, will not install for "All Users", so sometimes you have to temporarily give your user account Administrator privilages for the install. I have to use this dodge with some software at work, where we do not allow most users to have administrative privilages.

Sometimes I wish Windows had something like 'sudo'.


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