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    • alexntgA
      alexntg
      last edited by

      There's no difference. The admin account shouldn't be the same account used for regular daily use.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Here is an article on exactly that...

        http://www.smbitjournal.com/2011/04/why-it-pros-home-computers-are-different/

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        • IRJI
          IRJ
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          UAC was supposed to fix some of the admin concerns , but users that didnt understand the reasoning behind UAC just simply turn it off.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @IRJ
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            @IRJ said:

            UAC was supposed to fix some of the admin concerns , but users that didnt understand the reasoning behind UAC just simply turn it off.

            It's another layer. Just as AV doesn't allow you to turn off the firewall, UAC adds to not being admin rather than making being admin okay. I think a lot of people think that UAC justifies them being sloppy.

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            • StrongBadS
              StrongBad
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              Definitely never let anyone use their system as the administrator. Just bad practice.

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              • Reid CooperR
                Reid Cooper
                last edited by

                Absolutely no admin accounts for users. Not even home users if you can help it.

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                • T
                  technobabble
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                  Well I can tell none of you here work for shoddy programmers! LOL.

                  You know the ones that tell you to give everyone admin rights and turn off the UAC and you might want to get rid of your antivirus cuz our program doesn't work with it.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @technobabble
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                    @technobabble said:

                    Well I can tell none of you here work for shoddy programmers! LOL.

                    You know the ones that tell you to give everyone admin rights and turn off the UAC and you might want to get rid of your antivirus cuz our program doesn't work with it.

                    Well they might get approval, but they would look incredible incompetent to good management.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      Where do you run into SMB programmers these days?

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                      • T
                        technobabble
                        last edited by

                        Over the last 4 years, I had Quickbooks and Medware tell me the above.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @technobabble
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                          @technobabble said:

                          Over the last 4 years, I had Quickbooks and Medware tell me the above.

                          Oh vendors, not programmers. Buying bad products isn't what you said. You said "working for."

                          No, as an IT AppRiver I would never allow corporate data in something so amateur and unsafe as QB.

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                            technobabble
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                            Yes, I should have said vendors! Some of the smaller vendors let you speak to the programmers which can be quite painful.

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