Timeline for Difficulty formulating question such that it does not elicit theoretical vs practical debate
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| Jul 28, 2020 at 19:43 | comment | added | Ramhound | @a.t. - Because the "encryption mechanism" you describe does not exist. There is FDE (Full Disk Encryption) and EFS (Encrypted File System) but neither would resolve your problem per the limits you describe. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 18:20 | comment | added | a.t. | @Ramhound, Perhaps the question is still not suited, but for my understanding: Based on the assumption that the user can not remove Windows, why would it not be possible with an encryption mechanism on/in Windows processes, if the lock is merged into Windows, a bit like how DRM is applied throughout a chain of execution? | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 17:52 | comment | added | Ramhound | @a.t. - I don't see any path, that results in an edit to the question you asked, that turns your question into something that is within scope here at Super User. You cannot achieve your goal as a privileged user, a prevailed user on any operating system, or have access to a privileged user. Since what you want is not possible, and your question is asking for the impossible, there is no way to asked your question that results in a helpful high quality answer. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 17:40 | comment | added | a.t. | Thank you, I think I can clarify/refer to the assumptions pertaining to the user/self behavior (and hence the power of the entity I referred to as user with with administrator privileges) in that sentence. The self-control issues are indeed not a topic of discussion and simply taken as a constant/fact describing the privileges/power/access/capabilities of the non-administrator. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 17:33 | comment | added | DavidPostill Mod | "And I would like to prevent myself from deleting/disabling that software whilst maintaining administrator priviliges" You asking for the impossible. That's why I said "However these kinds of challenges (self control issues) are also off topic on Super User." | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 17:27 | comment | added | a.t. | Thank you, in this meta post I did not completely formulate the question, as the question does not request software (recommendations), but asks about a file close- and removal prevention mechanism in a particular condition. The administrator can do everything is not relevant since the assumptions describe a particular instance of an entity that "Windows" still calls administrator, but in reality is not equal what conventionally is called an administrator. I think I can conclude from your response that the use of the word administrator in the limited-ability setting is confusing. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 17:15 | vote | accept | a.t. | ||
| Jul 28, 2020 at 16:06 | history | answered | DavidPostillMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |