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Rich, >I'm curious how folks manage access to Administrator accounts. Great question, thanks for asking. My department (Psychology) has no policy about this, and since I am just a Systems Designer rather than a true IT manager, I don't exercise much control (nor do I want to <g>!). I usually find machines set up to give every user Administrator access at all times. Sometimes I come in and try downgrading user accounts to User or Power User, but if users complain enough I will elevate them back up to Administrator, plus certain applications require Administrator access anyway (e.g, Quicken, or Eudora just to make it the default e-mail client, sheesh!). Also, whenever I can I create a "backdoor" administrator account just for me, and then hide it from the Welcome Screen (unfortunately, Vista no longer allows me to hide accounts from the Welcome Screen, on those machines I have started turning off the Welcome Screen and requiring users to type in both account & password). At least with Vista even "Administrator" accounts are not really the same as Administrator, and that gives me some comfort on those machines, but that's another topic. -- dkm --- David McFarlane, Systems Designer Dept. Psychology, Michigan State University [log in to unmask] www.msu.edu/~mcfarla9 Voice: (517) 353-0799 Fax: (517) 353-1652