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| Thread ID: 148239 | 2019-09-25 07:50:00 | Windows 10 and Desktop Windows Accounts | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 1464031 | 2019-09-25 07:50:00 | Hello What is the best practice these days. Eg if you have one desktop used by yourself and may be one other person. Do you advise an Admin account and then one account for you and one for the other person. Or just one Admin account? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1464032 | 2019-09-25 08:08:00 | I don't know as I refuse to share my computer, we both have our own laptops. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1464033 | 2019-09-25 21:26:00 | We have our own comps but in your case I would set up with the three accounts you suggested. | linw (53) | ||
| 1464034 | 2019-09-25 23:10:00 | long rambling answer.... seriously consider is this PC a tool or a toy . Start there If its used for work , then treat it like a tool . Dont given anyone else access . Treat it like a chequebook, because it more or less is. Ive seen too many "work" PC's in home offices treated like toys. They have customer data on there & let family members play with it after hours (cough cough viruses) so, do you really want BEST , or whats practical for home shared PC's :) BEST is allways separate PC's BIOS password, encrypt HD at bios level (or via Win) encrypt user a/c's : otherwise its all too easy to access other users ~stuff~ separate a/c's , no user a/c to have admin rights (have a separate admin a/c for that) or whats practical family PC's are used by everyone, for anything . Thats a compromise right there . Just a matter of time before it cluttered up & running slow sometimes 2 users use the same data & docs and sometimes email , so sometimes a single a/c is needed sometimes need full admin rights for some stuff to work properly , another compromise on family PCs |
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| 1464035 | 2019-09-25 23:14:00 | Depends how much you trust the other person not to mess with your computer. Best practice is not to use an admin account for daily computing and to give each user their own account. For me personally I ignore that and just have one account with admin rights. Sometimes convenience wins over security. You have to decide which matters more to you. The other reason I don't worry too much is that I can start over and have my machine back up and running with a fresh install of windows fairly quickly. Would be inconvenient but not the end of the world. |
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