[DM-MUG] Re: [MacLaw] Safe computing using Windows on your Mac...

[Bryan Baker]

Correct, and addressed in my original statement. It's is a PITA but  
it's worth it.
At least WordPerfect seems to have mended it's ways (as of X3),  
HotDocs and some others are still problems, but there are work- 
arounds - usually it can be dealt with via setting permissions on a  
folder, or as noted running that particular app using "Run As..." -  
as I said, I insist on it for my users, even when it's inconvenient,  
it's not worth the risk of getting infected. The good news on the  
widows front is, that Vista and it's infernal "Allow, Deny" nagging  
may get some developers to finally wake up and learn to code in a LUA  
world.

On May 16, 2007, at 1:14 PM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>> Bryan's advice is good, however, there's a fly in the ointment. There
>> are many programs written for Windows which expect that the user has
>> administrative privileges. This is poor software design but it's a
>> fact of life. Without admin rights, those programs don't run, or
>> don't run correctly.
>>
>> XP allows you to run a program as another user, but it's cumbersome
>> and still doesn't always work.
>>
>> Dave
>>
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