carrierPigeon
Limp Gawd
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I am trying to finally follow some advice that I heard several years ago-- to not use an administrator account in windows for day to day activities.
Right now I have set up a "real" administrator account (the one that really has high level access, not the watered down one that Windows creates by default). I also changed the one that Windows set up when I was installing the operating system to a regular, non-admin account.
I have been reading some information that has me reconsidering whether I am going in the right direction.
1) In this thread, it seems like some users run into problems. I am pretty competent on the computer but I am still learning a lot and there is a lot that I don't know. I know my way around basic computing but I don't have any professional level knowledge/ am a bit limited on time.
https://hardforum.com/threads/so-i-tried-windows-10-as-a-user.1935155/
2) Here there seems to be confusion about where to install programs (on the basic account or on the administrator account). I am not sure which direction to go on that.
http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id...tall-programs-user-account-admin-account.html
At the end of the day, I am not too concerned about malware/ intrusion. My thinking is go light on the defenses but be serious about backing up (being better about backing up is a work in progress). But, it seems like having this setup as the only defense might be good because of its underuse. Along those lines, my thinking is that it could easily be more valuable than, say, Windows defender.
Right now I have set up a "real" administrator account (the one that really has high level access, not the watered down one that Windows creates by default). I also changed the one that Windows set up when I was installing the operating system to a regular, non-admin account.
I have been reading some information that has me reconsidering whether I am going in the right direction.
1) In this thread, it seems like some users run into problems. I am pretty competent on the computer but I am still learning a lot and there is a lot that I don't know. I know my way around basic computing but I don't have any professional level knowledge/ am a bit limited on time.
https://hardforum.com/threads/so-i-tried-windows-10-as-a-user.1935155/
2) Here there seems to be confusion about where to install programs (on the basic account or on the administrator account). I am not sure which direction to go on that.
http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id...tall-programs-user-account-admin-account.html
At the end of the day, I am not too concerned about malware/ intrusion. My thinking is go light on the defenses but be serious about backing up (being better about backing up is a work in progress). But, it seems like having this setup as the only defense might be good because of its underuse. Along those lines, my thinking is that it could easily be more valuable than, say, Windows defender.