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Changing my Win7 login from admin to standard
Peter Principle
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I want to start loggging in as a standard user - not an admin - on my Windows 7 box at home for security purposes (i.e. when browsing so potential malware has fewer permissions to work with). Of course, I've been logging in and putting things in My Documents and installing games and apps as under this admin account, so I guess there might be some permission problems with that.
What are the advantages & disadvantages of the following options?
a)Make a brand-new admin account then turn my current day-to-day/admin account into a standard user?
b)Leave my admin (and current day-to-day use) account as-is and then make a new, standard user account that will then be for day-to-day use?
c) Another option I may be missing?
What are the advantages & disadvantages of the following options?
a)Make a brand-new admin account then turn my current day-to-day/admin account into a standard user?
b)Leave my admin (and current day-to-day use) account as-is and then make a new, standard user account that will then be for day-to-day use?
c) Another option I may be missing?
"A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business." - Eric Hoffer, _The True Believer_
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With UAC on you'll need admin credentials to install anything. So in the event of a malware infection trying to get in, you'll get prompted for the credentials you create in the other account. As a whole it's pretty safe. It's what most businesses do.
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