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| Topic pretty much says my question.
Is there any reason that I shouldn't use the Administrator account? |
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| Nope. You should be the admin of your own computer.
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| Camride (5/29/2007)
Nope. You should be the admin of your own computer.
Actually i think the hidden admin account is hidden for a reason. Running Vista in user mode is part of what makes Vista more secure than Xp. But as long as you know what your doing and whats actually being installed on your computer then go right ahead use it, we will be here when you need help removing spyware, malware or a virus  .
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| Agreed, It is slightly annoying how vista sometimes doesnt let u delete anything at times or u have to run something as run as administrator :p But its good to be hidden i guess, plus it lets you use that account for safe mode or any trouble shooting you may have.  |
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| Wouldn't a better idea be to create another account so you at least have the administrator account in a sticky situation.
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| I say, stay with your current account but turn off UAC. There isn't a whole lot of times when you need to click "run as admin" so it's not that annoying. And the added security is well worth it.
Say your PC gets a virus and you are logged into the admin account, that virus now has access to all your windows files and other protected areas which will be contaminated. If you are logged in as a regular user w/ restricted privileges it will be much harder for your pc to get fully infected. IMO
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| | I have to agree, using an Admin account all the time just because you can is making one security hole that shouldn't be there, albeit a smallish one (pressuming all the security devices etc; are on and up to date). Sure there are times you need to use Admin but it's not as hard as it seems to use a non Admin account and change some permissions where needed. Have in mind that if you are comfortable with using the 'run' command line for launching Admin required tasks, they can be set to be run with all Admin privs. by default. Yes the risk is small but it is there and it only takes once for something to get hold of your machine with full Admin to do all sorts of unspeakable horror.
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| cyclic (7/6/2007)
I have to agree, using an Admin account all the time just because you can is making one security hole that shouldn't be there, albeit a smallish one (pressuming all the security devices etc; are on and up to date).Sure there are times you need to use Admin but it's not as hard as it seems to use a non Admin account and change some permissions where needed. Have in mind that if you are comfortable with using the 'run' command line for launching Admin required tasks, they can be set to be run with all Admin privs. by default.
Yes the risk is small but it is there and it only takes once for something to get hold of your machine with full Admin to do all sorts of unspeakable horror.
The problem is when you browse and start visiting lots of sites which you might now know that they are trying to install some unwanted stuffs. IE7 has good integration with UAC when such unwanted installations happen (activex installations). If you have enabled UAC in Vista, you will be prompted for the elevation rights for even the installation of addin. And if someone is trying to install something, unless they get the "admin" rights, they cant install and UAC will be prompting the user regarding the installation.
This may be new to many and troublesome to many in clicking Continue everytime , but when I see the after-effects that one may face if they breach security, clicking Continue is better
You can change the UAC to hold for Administrators too. If you use in that way, then I would say use the hidden account . If you are going to switch off the UAC and use the Administrator account - be ready for anything 
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