What are “Local Admin Rights” for computers, and do I want my end users to have them?

Every time you log onto your computer, you’re doing so with your “User Account”. That’s not just your user name and password. It’s all of the setting specific to your account. Some of it’s about how programs should behave. Some of it’s about security.

And one of the most important settings about your User Account? Whether you have…”Local Admin Rights”.

If your account has these rights, you can essentially do…anything…to your computer. Install and uninstall programs. Install other components. Change anything. Add other users. Oh, and delete other users as well. Change passwords. Patch and update pretty much any part of the system. Heck, nuke the entire system.

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