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administrator privileges

The highest level or rights granted to the user of a computer or network. See administrator, privilege and root level.
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The solution helps organisations revoke everyday local administrator privileges from business users while seamlessly elevating privileges when required by trusted applications.
Regulations and the auditors who enforce them require much more than just removing administrator privileges from endpoints.
To run Arduino with administrator privileges, enter the command:
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A group of pupils at the Schoenbar Middle School in the Alaskan town of Ketchikan, took control of their classroom computers after phishing for administrator privileges. They asked teachers of 12 to 13 year olds to enter admin names and passwords to accept a false softA[degrees] ware update, according to reports.
DON'T run your computer with administrator privileges, but as a non-privileged user.
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