Windows Vista and Principle of Least Privilege

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The IT community has had many issues with Microsoft and their current practice of installing the system with only an Administrator account created, which has full access to the computer. As viruses, malware, worms, and attackers grow by leaps and bounds, there must be some measures taken to help reduce the exposure for these hideous attacks on a Windows computer. The measures that Microsoft are taking are not 100% clear, but the overall message is remaining the same. Microsoft will have some form of least privilege for users in Vista, it is just not clear how deep they will go with it. Read Entire Article