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jameshanley39
Do techies / admins here run windows xp as a limited user?
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Ah-yup... Email, IM, general web browsing are all done as limited user.
Machine admin as admin. Day to day work as either, depending on how
well, or poorly, the application works as a limited user.
So far, nothing has punched thru to take over the machine(s).
It's not for lack of trying either.
Do techies / admins here run windows xp as a limited user?
Ah-yup... Email, IM, general web browsing are all done as limited user.
Machine admin as admin. Day to day work as either, depending on how
well, or poorly, the application works as a limited user.
So far, nothing has punched thru to take over the machine(s).
It's not for lack of trying either.
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Jim
Yes, I do. I only use one of the administrators account when the task atDo techies / admins here run windows xp as a limited user?
hand must be run by such an account.
Jim
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Bruce Chambers
Do techies / admins here run windows xp as a limited user?
Routinely using a computer with administrative privileges is not
without some risk. You will be much more susceptible to some types of
malware, particularly adware and spyware. While using a computer with
limited privileges isn't the cure-all, silver bullet that some claim it
to be, any experienced IT professional will verify that doing so
definitely reduces that amount of damage and depth of penetration by the
malware. If you get infected/infested while running as an
administrator, the odds are much greater that any malware will be
extremely difficult, if not impossible, to remove with formating the
hard drive and starting anew. The intruding malware will have the same
privileges to all of the files on your hard drive that you do.
A technically competent user who is aware of the risks and knows
how to take proper precautions can usually safely operate with
administrative privileges; I do so myself. But I certainly don't
recommend it for the average computer user.
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Bruce Chambers
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