Local Administrator Access to your Computer

Use a standard account when operating a computer on a daily basis.  Using a privileged account puts you at greater risk from malware, viruses and ransomware.  UT and Engineering policy dictates that you do not use a privileged account on a daily basis.  If there is a need for an administrator privileged account, contact your IT staff.  Based on the need, temporary administrator access or a secondary account with administrative privileges can be set up for required tasks. 

Table of Contents

• Secondary Account: Claim and Change Password for secondary account used for privileged access to your UT computer
  • Secondary Account: Using Engineering Windows Administrator Account secondary account
• Installing software on Engineering IT managed computer

Other References:

How To Not Login As Administrator (And Still Get Your Job Done)

Top-10 List (To Keep Safe)

UT Minimum Security Standards For Systems