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by: jackfrost65 July 20, 2012 7:47 PM PDT

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Ignorance is not always Bliss !

by jackfrost65 - 7/20/12 7:47 PM

I have seen posted many times here the wisdom of not using an administrator account only ever since XP was released. I have chosen, until now to ignore this until now. some one point me in the right direction and advise me how, what priveliages a regular user has etc. I may still maintain my loyalty to Internet Explore and Microsoft but where this is concerned I no longer need the sky to fall on me to know what needs to be done.

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by MarkFlax Moderator - 7/21/12 6:45 AM

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On all my Windows machines I have only ever used an Admin capable account to do my work. I do create a limited user account, (no software installs, no changes to system files, and so on), if I need to when I have people around who might want to use the computer unattended, but my admin capable accounts are all strong passworded. I always have two admin capable accounts, and in XP the hidden Administrator account was also passworded.

All my other defences are up, firewall, anti-virus, anti-malware, as well as security add-ons for the browser I use.

With Windows 7 which is where you have posted, you have to create an admin capable account anyway on initial setup, so it's good to create two and not just one. That System Administrator account then hides and it doesn't unhide itself like it did in XP. It has to be enabled before that happens. However I did enable it so I could password it, then I disabled it again.

But limited accounts? Like I said above, I rarely use them. Windows 7 doesn't allow even Admins to see other Users folders and files, whether just limited or Admin accounts. Instead Win 7 utilizes "Public folders" to transfer files across to other users.

Does that help?

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Sadly I think we must use the admin CAPABLE account.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 7/20/12 9:28 PM

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You can have more than one Admin capable account so you can get back in and fix things but those other accounts, while a good idea have sadly proven to result in more calls for support.

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