"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Alex Clayton" <Alexx1400@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>> When will Windows Users get out of this "I don't need a password but I
>>> need to run as Admin" mindset?
>>>
>>> Is it co-incidence that the Operating Systems least affected by hackers
>>> and viruses are run a) as a User and not Admin (aka Root) and b) have
>>> passwords?
>>>
>>
>> OK, I am always willing to learn more, since I know LITTLE about this.
>> Why is it I need to a user account? How is it that something bad is going
>> to get into the PC, because I don't have a user account set up?
>
> It's another line of defence. If you run as a Standard User with a
> password then (hopefully) anything untoward will have difficulty in doing
> anything because it will need a password to continue. You should most
> certainly NOT run on a day to day basis as an administrator with no
> password.
> You do have a User account - you can't run windows without one ever since
> XP. What is important is the TYPE of user account.
> You should also give the built-in Administrator account a strong password
> and make sure that the Guest account is disabled (by default - but it
> doesn't do any harm to check that it IS disabled...)
>
OK, I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, but I still did not see an answer
here.
I realize I have an account, the default account when I set up the new PC.
I use AV, a firewall and anti malware, and am not interested in porn
sites, or opening some link that claims to be the latest picture of some
starlet with her pants down.
I have no top secret info on my laptop, and all of it is backed up, so if
someone steals it, I just put it all back on the new one. What I am looking
for is what is it I need to fear, enough to set up a separate account? I
guess what is it that someone is going to do to my PC, that they can't do
because I set up a separate account instead of using the default
(Administrator) account. ??
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But to blame someone else shows management potential.