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| Guest | TrustedInstaller User? I ran icacls on c:\windows and noticed a account called NT Service\TrustedInstaller that has full access to the directory. But I cannot find this account in the list of users on the my Vista Machine. Research shows that this is the account used by Vista installation service for installing applications. But Task Manager does not show any service or process running under that account. Can someone demistify where this account resides and which service uses this? Can I create additional directories and only allow this account to create/write files to it? |
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| Guest | RE: TrustedInstaller User? > I ran icacls on c:\windows and noticed a account called NT > Service\TrustedInstaller that has full access to the directory. But I cannot > find this account in the list of users on the my Vista Machine. > Research shows that this is the account used by Vista installation service > for installing applications. But Task Manager does not show any service or > process running under that account. TrustedInstaller _is_ the Installer service. It is actually a Service SID representing that service. The fact that it is the only thing that has write permission to system binaries means that it is the only thing that can update them (without jumping through hoops). Yes, you can make that account the only thing that has permissions. It is treated as any other account for access checking purposes. |
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