Desktop security, integrity and reliability are of paramount importance to IT and end-users yet are compromised all too often. Users with admin-level privileges can easily change approved configurations, disable desktop security and management agents, install new applications and inadvertently introduce security risks into the environment. Desktop lockdown seems like an attractive option for IT, but it comes at a high price of affecting end-user productivity and their overall experience with the PC.
InstallFree solves once and for all the age-old problem of security restrictions versus user autonomy. Only with InstallFree can IT lock-down the PC while preserving end-user productivity.
Lock Down Desktops Regardless of User Access Rights
Many legacy applications have to be run with elevated privileges or require the User to have administrative rights to the OS preventing IT from truly locking down the desktop. InstallFree executes all applications in User Mode, preventing any changes to the underlying OS while still providing the application with full rights "inside the virtual bubble". As a result, applications can run correctly in fully locked-down environments. Another important benefit of this approach is that even if an application is infected by malware, the infection will not propagate to the OS and can easily be removed by "resetting" the application.
Enable User Installable Plug-ins in a Fully Locked Down Environment
With traditional desktop computing, providing end-users with limited accounts drastically improves security and drives down IT management costs, but it also diminishes the end-user experience, harms productivity and generates help-desk overhead. For example, users with limited accounts cannot install browser plug-ins that are required for them to attend online meetings or webinars, resulting in a bad experience for the user and a help-desk call for IT.
With InstallFree, end-users can be granted administrator-like privileges from within their applications, enabling them to download and install add-ons and plug-ins even when working on locked-down PCs. This can reduce corporate desktop TCO by up to 40%, while still allowing end-users to be fully productive and without overloading the help-desk.
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