Re: Advice sought on Running XP Home SP2 as Admin or Limited User

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"Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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darkrats wrote:
If you are the only person who has regular access to your computer,
running
it using the Admin Account

The main reason for NOT using the built-in Administrator account as the
only log-in (which I presume you are advocating) is that if the account
gets corrupted, and they do, then the ONLY way into the machine is by a
repair install of XP. If the owner does NOT have a proper XP CD but a
restore CD, then that cannot be done, and the only way forward is to
restore the machine to factory settings, with attendant loss of data etc
etc.
Thanks for the reply .
To be quite honest I do not know whether I am using the built in Admin
Account or not . My supplier set it up with just the one Admin User account
using my name "Graeme" whether this is the builtin account I do not know . I
am not advocating its use I am trying to find out what is the best way to
use XP Home as a single user.
A right royal PITA.

GSD


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