Re: No login & no accounts- XP Home

From: Gail ("Gail")
Date: 06/07/04 

Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:56:18 -0600

Trying to get a firm answer on this. If you have one (yourself ) and one
guest account in Home edition you have no alternative but to logon as
administrator, the system insists that there be one user profile with
administrative privileges - right????

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2004@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eLUnEX2SEHA.2124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> No.
>
> Why you should not run your computer as an administrator:
>
> Running Windows XP as an administrator could possibly make your
> computer system vulnerable to Trojan horses and other security risks.
> The simple act of visiting an Internet site can be extremely damaging
> to the system. An unfamiliar Internet site may have Trojan horse code
> that can be downloaded to the system and executed. If you are logged
> on with administrator privileges, a Trojan horse could do things like
> reformat your hard drive, delete all your files, create a new user account
> with administrative access, and so on.
>
> You should add yourself to the Users or Power Users group. When you
> log on as a member of the Users group, you can perform routine tasks,
> including running programs and visiting Internet sites, without exposing
> your computer to unnecessary risk. As a member of the Power Users group,
> you can perform routine tasks and you can also install programs, add
printers,
> and use most Control Panel items. If you need to perform administrative
tasks,
> such as upgrading the operating system or configuring system parameters,
> then log off and log back on as an administrator.
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
>
> Be Smart! Protect your PC!
> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
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>
> "Jim" <luckyjim(unowhat2remove)@yahoo.com> wrote in message:
> news:40c2450a$0$4592$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
>
> | Is it possible to install XP so i have no accounts and no logins?
> |
> | My situation is I'm the only one using the PC so no need for extra
accounts
> | and no need for admin acc as I'm going to be doing everything anyway, if
> | this cannot be done during install, how would i go about doing it once
XP
> | has been installed, to be short i want it to work like 98 used to you,
do i
> | have any way of making this happen?
>

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