Installations and security

[Andy H.]

I have a question. Someone I know thinks that if you install Microsoft
Office XP as a user who is in the domain admins group or local admins group
and then take these groups that somehow that is a security problem. He
thinks that if you install as an administrator that that opens up
permissions and security for a virus or vulnerability to spread to that
computer with that installation of office. He says this is true even if you
remove the user from those domain admin or admistrators groups after the
installation. That some inherent rights would still exist to that
installation since it was installed by that user as a administrator. Does
that make any sense?

 

[Bob I]

Sounds a bit confusing. Without admin permission you will be having a
bit of trouble installing and activating Office at all.