Administrator or not?


  1. antonymous
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    Administrator or not?


    Is it correct to say that it is unwise to work on-line using an administrator account?
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  3. zigzag3143
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    antonymous said:
    Is it correct to say that it is unwise to work on-line using an administrator account?

    Yes it is unwise, but often done.
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  4. antonymous
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    zigzag3143 said:
    antonymous said:
    Is it correct to say that it is unwise to work on-line using an administrator account?

    Yes it is unwise, but often done.
    Thank you
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  6. LADYPINKtomato1
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    How does One .. who is the ONLY person on the PC.. take themselves off as being the ADMN ?
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  7. Barman58
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    LADYPINKtomato1 said:
    How does One .. who is the ONLY person on the PC.. take themselves off as being the ADMN ?
    Create a secondary "standard" user account for daily use, only logging in as the admin account when absolutely necessary.

    If you run with UAC on the system will prompt you for your admin user password when this is needed so you will not need to log in as the admin account so often
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  8. LADYPINKtomato1
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    Barman58 said:
    LADYPINKtomato1 said:
    How does One .. who is the ONLY person on the PC.. take themselves off as being the ADMN ?
    Create a secondary "standard" user account for daily use, only logging in as the admin account when absolutely necessary.

    If you run with UAC on the system will prompt you for your admin user password when this is needed so you will not need to log in as the admin account so often
    Nigel thank you so very much..for your reply.
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