 Irish SharkPlay Like A Champion TodayPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-29
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:3 | reply to dadkins
Re: [Vista] Admin question In hindsight that step should be removed. The Administrator account is disabled by default in Vista.
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | said by Irish Shark:In hindsight that step should be removed. The Administrator account is disabled by default in Vista. Right!
And the BS that is still thrown in ones face while supposedly running as Administrator when in fact one is not, should be explained/fixed/renamed to "Elevated User".
When I get calls about an "administrator" in Vista getting dialogs about having to contact the "Administrator" to complete a task... it gets annoying REAL fast! 
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 SoonerAlOld enough to know betterPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
kudos:5 | I run as a standard user on my Vista Ultimate laptop 98% of the time. My wife runs as a limited user on her XP Pro desktop 100% of the time. I have a common root user account on both PCs with admin permissions and only use that for maintenance tasks. The built-in Administrator account on my Vista laptop is disabled although I did enable it long enough to assign a password to it. The built-in Administrator account on my wife's XP desktop also has a password assigned.
My wife has no idea what the Administrator or root user passwords are. She does have access to a password protected and encrypted password database in case I drop dead and she, or someone else, needs it as a backup.
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Irish SharkPlay Like A Champion TodayPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-29
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:3 | reply to dadkins
Don't take your frustrations out on me. I did not design Vista.
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dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | Sorry Irish!
Wasn't meant towards you.  |
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