Basic admin question.

Posted: 02-05-2007, 05:07 AM

Sandman-XX

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One computer, one user situation.

Is it safe to say that in Vista, it would be the best scenario t
create a user account, resulting in just admin and that user account
then give that user account full admin, then just use that use
account? If I understand, using a user acct with admin permission i
not the same as using the plain #1 admin account, and the scenari
above would still require admin permission for progs needing to d
admin things?
I have read that it is NOT advisable to use just the admin account as
regular-use account. Is this the ideal, most secure away, avoidin
running admin acct as the only user? Thanks

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Jimmy Brush

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Re: Basic admin question.

Posted: 02-05-2007, 10:07 PM

Hello,

You should never use "the" built-in Administrator account in Windows Vista.

Administrator accounts in Vista (except for the built-in administrator
account) run in approval mode, which means programs that do not request
permission from the user do not run with admin privileges. In effect, you
get the benefit of running as a standard user when logged in as an
administrator.

If you wish, you can create a standard user account and use it day-to-day;
if you attempt to run a program that requires administrator privileges from
a standard user account, it will request your administrative user account
and password in order to proceed.

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Windows Vista Support Faq
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