Want to change from Admin to User easily
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From: a on 12 Jul 2010 09:22 Hi all, I usually run my PC as Administrator which I now know is dangerous, as it can let malware in and play with the system more easily. So I want to create a limited User account instead, but all my settings are under the Admin profile (eg. Quick Launch icons, file associations, and so on). Is there an easy way to migrate these to the User account, so that when I log in as User, my desktop is the same, icons are the same, etc? Thanks for any advice.
From: John John - MVP on 12 Jul 2010 09:46 a wrote: > Hi all, > > I usually run my PC as Administrator which I now know is dangerous, > as it can let malware in and play with the system more easily. So > I want to create a limited User account instead, but all my settings > are under the Admin profile (eg. Quick Launch icons, file associations, > and so on). > > Is there an easy way to migrate these to the User account, so that when > I log in as User, my desktop is the same, icons are the same, etc? > > Thanks for any advice. Copy the user profile to the new user. To copy a user profile http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_userprofile_copy.mspx?mfr=true John
From: a on 12 Jul 2010 10:25 "John John - MVP" <audetweld(a)nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:%23KtFgicILHA.4596(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > > > a wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I usually run my PC as Administrator which I now know is dangerous, >> as it can let malware in and play with the system more easily. So >> I want to create a limited User account instead, but all my settings >> are under the Admin profile (eg. Quick Launch icons, file associations, >> and so on). >> >> Is there an easy way to migrate these to the User account, so that when >> I log in as User, my desktop is the same, icons are the same, etc? >> >> Thanks for any advice. > > Copy the user profile to the new user. > > To copy a user profile > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_userprofile_copy.mspx?mfr=true > > John No good, the "Copy To" button for the Administrator account is disabled, so I can't perform Step 3 at the URL you quoted above. :(
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 12 Jul 2010 10:31 "a" <b(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:4c3b2643$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > > "John John - MVP" <audetweld(a)nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message > news:%23KtFgicILHA.4596(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> >> >> a wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I usually run my PC as Administrator which I now know is dangerous, >>> as it can let malware in and play with the system more easily. So >>> I want to create a limited User account instead, but all my settings >>> are under the Admin profile (eg. Quick Launch icons, file associations, >>> and so on). >>> >>> Is there an easy way to migrate these to the User account, so that when >>> I log in as User, my desktop is the same, icons are the same, etc? >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >> >> Copy the user profile to the new user. >> >> To copy a user profile >> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_userprofile_copy.mspx?mfr=true >> >> John > > No good, the "Copy To" button for the Administrator account is disabled, > so I can't perform Step 3 at the URL you quoted above. :( > You need to reboot the machine, then log on under some third admin account in order to perform the copy action.
From: a on 12 Jul 2010 10:26 "a" <b(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:4c3b2643$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > > "John John - MVP" <audetweld(a)nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message news:%23KtFgicILHA.4596(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> >> >> a wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I usually run my PC as Administrator which I now know is dangerous, >>> as it can let malware in and play with the system more easily. So >>> I want to create a limited User account instead, but all my settings >>> are under the Admin profile (eg. Quick Launch icons, file associations, >>> and so on). >>> >>> Is there an easy way to migrate these to the User account, so that when >>> I log in as User, my desktop is the same, icons are the same, etc? >>> >>> Thanks for any advice. >> >> Copy the user profile to the new user. >> >> To copy a user profile >> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/sysdm_userprofile_copy.mspx?mfr=true >> >> John > > No good, the "Copy To" button for the Administrator account is disabled, > so I can't perform Step 3 at the URL you quoted above. :( Hang on, I bet it's because I haven't logged in as the Limited Account yet! I'll be back in a moment... :)
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