 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to Aozora
Re: [WIN7] Is there any point to user accounts? Sure diff accounts have a differant set of settings so one user can customize the computer to their liking without effecting the other's settings. |
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 plencnerbPremium
join:2000-09-25
Elgin, IL
kudos:2 | reply to nwrickert
said by nwrickert:It is probably a mistake to enable the Administrator account.
Why would it be a mistake to enable the Administrator account? The one thing that I could see is that if it did not have a password on it (by default, it does not). If that is the case, then I did forget to mention that step as part of my process. When I do enable it, I then create a password for it as well. (and not an easy one like password or admin).
While I do agree that using that account as the "only" account on the system is a very bad idea, I do not see a problem with using it to install software, perform updates, etc as long as it has a password on it.
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 nwrickertsand groperPremium,MVM
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Geneva, IL
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| said by plencnerb:said by nwrickert:It is probably a mistake to enable the Administrator account.
Why would it be a mistake to enable the Administrator account? To err is human.
If that human is using the enabled Administrator account, then it becomes too easy for those accidental errors to damage the system.
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plencnerbPremium
join:2000-09-25
Elgin, IL
kudos:2 | said by nwrickert:said by plencnerb:said by nwrickert:It is probably a mistake to enable the Administrator account.
Why would it be a mistake to enable the Administrator account? To err is human. If that human is using the enabled Administrator account, then it becomes too easy for those accidental errors to damage the system. Well, I said that! 
said by plencnerb:While I do agree that using that account as the "only" account on the system is a very bad idea, I do not see a problem with using it to install software, perform updates, etc as long as it has a password on it.
Ok, lets make sure we are all using the right terminology here.
In my case, I have 3 actual user accounts on my system. They are
1) Guest
2) Administrator
3) My account
The Guest account is disabled. Both the administrator account and my account are enabled, and both are locked down with a password (which, btw, is different on each one).
Both my account and the Administrator account are members of the "Administrators" group.
I only use the Administrator account when I built the machine (install all my software, drivers, updates, etc). Then, I created my account to do all my day to day tasks.
What I probably should do is remove my user account from being a member of the Administrators group, and instead use the group "Users". However, I have not done that yet, but I don't see why that would be an issue. Knowing that everything at this point is installed, and if I did remove the group Administrators from my user account, and replaced it with the Users group, I could always use the account Administrator to install any new programs that I may need.
--Brian
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| Brian,
It is easy to demote your normal everyday account from Administrator to Standard user. I just did that on three machines with no issues (after, of course, creating a new Administrator account). If I want to install software, etc. I will either log in to the separate Administrator account or use the right-click Run as Administrator option.
I feel safer already!  |
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plencnerbPremium
join:2000-09-25
Elgin, IL
kudos:2 | I agree. Like I said, it is something I probably should do, I just have not done it yet.
And, knowing that everything I have is already installed, and all my data is in the C:\Users\xxxx\ directory anyway, I should not run into any problems with day to day work. Its not like I go poking around in C:\Windows, C:\Program Files, etc. Things are installed, and they just work!
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to plencnerb
Similerly but differant
I have one enabled accounts on my computer
instead I use a domain account, and the domain admin account is only logged into on my server, which isn't often, all services I normally need are fully usable without logging into it but just remotely useing my login.
IMO domains make filesharing and many other things easier. |
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