Re: One machine, one admin, one user - how?

x0054 wrote:

Chris Allen <ca.allen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1187646961.068385.153940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

On Aug 20, 1:56 pm, Walter Mautner <nodeleaf.
20.eatalls...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Programs not adhering to the standard may need the "temporary admin"
trick or even worse.

Sadly this is all too common. Especially with older software.
Running as a regular user IMHO is a serious pain in the ass.


Yeah, basically it's not possible in most cases to do this smoothly on
windows prior to Vista and Vista sucks at this as well. It's such a
simple concept, and it's mind numbing that MS hasn't got this ***
sorted out yet.

I know many will yell that MS is evil, and I would probably be the
first to do so, but this is not evil, it's simply incompetent on
their part and on the part of the individual software developers. One
suggestion I can give, at least on Windows XP, is to setup the Admin
account with almost no bling and preferably not even explorer shell.
Basically, if you can have the Admin account to only consume about
20mb of ram wile running, you can have it simply run in the
background all the time and switch to it for admin type stuff.

After reading through this thread I'm still not understanding a few things.

Unless maybe XP (pro) automatically sets up a *visable* administrator
account? Does it? Because XP (home) does not.

WIth XP (home) while doing a clean install you are eventually presented with
a, "Who will be using this machine?" (or words to that effect)screen. If,
at THAT point, you only enter ONE user name, the machine will boot straight
into Windows without the user having to do anything at all. And that single
user *seems* to have full administrative capability. I know because I'm
sitting at one I've got set up that way right now. BUT, that's NOT to say
there isn't an "Adminstrator" account as well. There is. It's just that I
haven't ever needed it for anything, nor do I ever see it, unless I boot
into safe mode. Can the same thing not be accomplished with XP (pro) ?

Bill


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