Re: Why no master password?

it's a fundamental concept of 'security', no user has the right to log on as
another user.

They even removed the default ability for the 'Administrator' to open
another user's mailbox some time ago. The Administrator must now be given
permission to do this (he can give this permission to hisself, which is
sortta a bit screwy, but things _are_ improving).

Imer may emulate his user's predicament by copying his user's profile to one
which another user uses (don't use Administrator, he has permissions which
allow things to function which may not for an ordinary user).

The best idea, off the top of m' head, would be to create a 'generic'
standard user, then use your admin account to copy a troubled user's profile
to the generic user, then sign on as generic and troubleshoot the problem.

"Russ Grover" <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OOa4HlVeFHA.1404@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> That's why Remote assistance was invented.
>
> I still think a backdoor password that lets you into peoples accounts is a
> bad idea
> I think users would have to agree also..
>
> --
> Russ Grover
> Small Business IT Support
> Portland\Beaverton OR USA
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>
>
> "Imer Satz" <imersatz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23wiO69UeFHA.580@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It's to troubleshoot user problems: Glub reports he can't see graphics
>> embedded in Word documents. No one else has the problem. So you'd like to
>> be able to logon off hours as him and track it down, without having to
>> first reset his password. Is there a way to that?
>>
>> "Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:xn0e3w4qqc88z3002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Imer Satz wrote:
>>>
>>>> How come the Admininistrator can't logon to a user account with the
>>> Administrator password, or even a special password created for this
>>> purpose? There are many scenarios when an admin would want this
>>> abililty, and it seems safe and easy to implement. So there must either
>>> be another way to accomplish this, or a gotcha I'm too dumb to think of.
>>>
>>> What scenarios did you have in mind that you think require a user to be
>>> logged on for the administrator to work on the user's settings?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
>>> ---------------------------------------
>>> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
>>
>>
>
>


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