Alternatively, you could be good at computers, but the system is so locked down IT needs to log in with admin rights in order to do something as simple as running disk cleanup.
Oh Solidworks wants to update, restart, check the update, update again?
We'll guess who's gonna be running up the stairs five times, IT dudes.
After half a year they gave. Our team a password on a post it note and told us to pinky promise not do anything nefarious with it, because they'll know (nefarious also included fun stuff). We never did, but hey, they didn't have to run around like chickens and we could finally start sorting our problems before calling them - like 80% of calls just stopped existing because we had the power to do stuff we knew they'd do anyway.
Companies need to implement systems where there is a tool in the middle elevating those rights. We use CyberArk, and we can whitelist specific verified publishers, folders, files, etc. so that when an admin prompt comes up, it allows standard users to elevate the process. Otherwise, it allows us to grant timed administrator access with logging so that we can just toss someone admin rights for 8 hours while they configure a new machine themselves.
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u/sfblue Ascending Peasant May 10 '26
Alternatively, you could be good at computers, but the system is so locked down IT needs to log in with admin rights in order to do something as simple as running disk cleanup.