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Locked User and admin accounts #Windows10
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David Gould
I am moving from an old W7 computer with just a single account with admin privileges to a new W10 computer where I understand it is better to have an admin account and a separate user account.
I have a list of the user files I need to copy across to the new computer, Can someone please confirm that I should install WSJT-X with the admin account and then change to the User account and then copy the needed files to the user/appdata/local/WSJT in the user account? 73, Dave G3UEG |
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Don't have two account. It use a lot of space without scope.
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As usual, a single account for a computer with a single user. Pietro I2OIM Il mer 13 lug 2022, 13:07 David Gould <dave@...> ha scritto:
I am moving from an old W7 computer with just a single account with admin |
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neil_zampella <neilz@...>
FWIW ... having the separate admin account is OK, but really not
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necessary as I use the Admin account under Win 10 (renamed to my name). However, if you have multiple users, I would have a separate Admin account. Neil, KN3ILZ On 7/13/2022 6:07 AM, David Gould wrote:
I am moving from an old W7 computer with just a single account with admin privileges to a new W10 computer where I understand it is better to have an admin account and a separate user account. |
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Reino Talarmo
If I have understood Windows at all, then you should not use admin account for any everyday working due to much higher security risks. In that sense renaming it may not be wise.
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There is no need to install WSJT-X using admin account, just a user account is fine. 73, Reino OH3mA -----Original Message-----
From: main@WSJTX.groups.io [mailto:main@WSJTX.groups.io] On Behalf Of neil_zampella Sent: 13. heinäkuutata 2022 16:06 To: main@WSJTX.groups.io Subject: Re: [WSJTX] User and admin accounts #Windows10 FWIW ... having the separate admin account is OK, but really not necessary as I use the Admin account under Win 10 (renamed to my name). However, if you have multiple users, I would have a separate Admin account. Neil, KN3ILZ On 7/13/2022 6:07 AM, David Gould wrote: I am moving from an old W7 computer with just a single account with admin privileges to a new W10 computer where I understand it is better to have an admin account and a separate user account. |
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William Smith <w_smith@...>
I have found that having a separate admin account can let you get into the computer when something breaks the one user account. Sometimes you can recover data and or fix things back up if you have another functional account (that you never use).
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73, Willie N1JBJ
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Patrick
William Smith and Reino Talarmo are correct, plus setting the account you use on a daily basis to a standard account CAN mitigate many types of infections as long as you don't type in your admin password unless you know you want said application to have admin access.
You can setup a separate admin account without actually logging into the account there by negating any wasted space but even then the space used is so minute I wouldn't even worry about it. You're talking about MegaBytes of space, not even a Gigabyte by any means. You can keep your user account that you will be using a admin account while you set it up. Once setup create a separate user account that will be your admin account that requires a password for anything further that requires administrative privileges and then change your personal user account to a standard account. When you try to do anything that requires administrative privileges you will be prompted to put in a administrative account password. This is something I did with my kids laptops (I use Linux) and it helped keep out unwanted guests (at school) and stopped a couple potential infections from taking place. It's sometimes annoying but when it keeps a infection from taking hold and/or keeps a unwanted user out it makes it worth it. |
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