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Switching From Administrator to Standard User
I have Windows 7 Professional x64. There are three user accounts:
- Daddy - Administrator...this is my account;
- Child - Standard User; and
- Visitor - Standard User.
(These are not the accounts' real names.)
I really should be a Standard User for day-to-day computing. There are two ways I could go about doing this, and my question is: Which way is better?
- Daddy will continue to be an Administrator. I will create a new Standard User account for myself. Daddy will transfer all my documents, pictures, music, etc. to my new user account; or
- I will create a new Administrator account and then demote Daddy to a Standard User.
Are there particular pros and cons to these methods, or does it not really matter?
One thing I wonder about is that I have used the Daddy account to install certain software 'for this user only' (i.e., Daddy) . I did this for software that needs Administrator permissions and rights, such as my antivirus software. Will a new Administrator account automatically have this software installed, or will it have to re-install this software?
Thanks for your help.