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From: John Corliss on 3 Jun 2010 19:47
Baron d'Holbach wrote:
> John Corliss wrote:
>
>> Hmm... you seem to have left out part of what I said, so I'll put it
>> back in here:
>>
>> > I don't recommend this path for novices, but since I'm not exactly a
>> > beginner to computing it works for me.
>>
>> There, that's better.
>
> :) ok, I left it out only because I didn't think it was relevant to the
> discussion...only for that :)
>
>> "The standard account can help protect your computer by preventing users
>> from making changes that affect everyone who uses the computer..."
>>
>> There are no other users on my computer.
>
> but I suppose that machine is online, isn't it? ;)

Only sometimes. Doesn't matter, I'm not concerned. There's no info on
this computer worth stealing.

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From: Baron d'Holbach ~1723-1789~ on 4 Jun 2010 01:54
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:47:41 -0700, John Corliss wrote:

>> but I suppose that machine is online, isn't it? ;)

> Only sometimes. Doesn't matter, I'm not concerned. There's no info on
> this computer worth stealing.

Unfortunately, there's more than just "Stealing something from it" :)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/

Using your windows machine as a limited user is a "common-sense"
behaviour that will strongly reduce your chances of being infected by a
trojan...withour having to mess with a lot of "anti-this"/"anti-that"
softwares...

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From: John Corliss on 4 Jun 2010 12:07
Baron d'Holbach wrote:
> John Corliss wrote:
>
>>> but I suppose that machine is online, isn't it? ;)
>
>> Only sometimes. Doesn't matter, I'm not concerned. There's no info on
>> this computer worth stealing.
>
> Unfortunately, there's more than just "Stealing something from it" :)
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study/
>
> Using your windows machine as a limited user is a "common-sense"
> behaviour that will strongly reduce your chances of being infected by a
> trojan...withour having to mess with a lot of "anti-this"/"anti-that"
> softwares...

I never said that it might not be a good idea for some people, just that
in my case, it's far more trouble than it's worth.

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sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous
remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries
posted through them.

No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited,
trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
From: Baron d'Holbach ~1723-1789~ on 4 Jun 2010 12:51
On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:07:20 -0700, John Corliss wrote:

> I never said that it might not be a good idea for some people, just that
> in my case, it's far more trouble than it's worth.

I still don't understand why running as an unprivileged user should be a
"trouble", especially under Vista/7 :) it just asks you a confirmation
when you need it, say when you need to install a new software...

I'm not polemic, just curious :)

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From: John Corliss on 4 Jun 2010 12:54
Baron d'Holbach wrote:
> John Corliss wrote:
>>
>> I never said that it might not be a good idea for some people, just that
>> in my case, it's far more trouble than it's worth.
>
> I still don't understand why running as an unprivileged user should be a
> "trouble", especially under Vista/7 :) it just asks you a confirmation
> when you need it, say when you need to install a new software...

I'm using XP Home SP3 on one machine, XP Pro SP3 on another.

> I'm not polemic, just curious :)

I understand. 80)>

At some point, I might get a new computer with Windows 7 on it. Then it
will be a whole new ball game.

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sent through Google Groups. I also block as many posts from anonymous
remailers (like x-privat.org for eg.) as possible due to forgeries
posted through them.

No ad, CD, commercial, cripple, demo, nag, share, spy, time-limited,
trial or web wares OR warez for me, please. Adobe Flash sucks, DivX rules.
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