Re: How do I get rid of startup screen of User names? SP2 seems to ha

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"David D" <netrate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
Why do you recommend not using an admin for everyday use?
The anti virus software might have something to do with it - without
the startup screen, it definitely runs faster.

On Apr 30, 10:53 pm, Spot <S...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Did you also purchase and/or install Anti-Virus software? I've noticed some
of them are defaulted to automatically scan the entire hard drive for viruses
etc everytime the computer boots. This slows it down quite a bit and
hopefully can be disabled by going through the Scheduled Tasks and/or
Anti-Virus options.

Most likely they'll still scan programs in memory and programs that are in
folders you are browsing, downloading, etc ... I also recommend not using the
ADMIN account for casual everyday use, so create a LIMITED account or enable
GUEST, and use that account for browsing and everything else besides
installing. Cheers.
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esu lanoisseforp

"David D" wrote:
> Against my better judgement, I should have put SP2 on my machine, it
> is really slow booting now, sucks to be me. PArt of it is the blasted
> startup screen with user names, how can I get rid of this?


It's not good practice to use the built in Administrator account. That should have a strong password assigned then set it aside to use only if something damages the working account. Create at least one additional account with admin privileges (it's a good idea to have two of these, one as a backup), and then whatever number of limited user accounts you need. If you can run most things from a limited user account it's best to do so, but some programs don't want to work nicely.

If running from an account with admin privileges any malware running on that account also runs with full admin privileges. Of course the best way to prevent problems from malware is not get infected in the first place.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

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