Problem locating Data File in Windows 7

[M Prindle]

With Win7 the permissions very slightly from XP.  When your a user with 
admin privileges the account runs as a standard user and the user is 
only escalated to admin privs when it's needed, hence the popup box that 
you have to click ok to.  When you are logged into the user 
Administrator it's almost equivalent to root under Unix, but the system 
won't let you delete critical system files.

Mike

On 2/21/2010 11:03 AM, trythis wrote:
> You know, I don't think I am logged in as an admin.  I looked in the security
> settings and administrator login is disabled.  I just thought I was.  I
> often have to open some odd programs as administrator.  So, I guess 7 is  a
> little smarter than the average duffus (me) this time.
>
> trythis wrote:
>    
>> I know this is bad, at least I have read it is.  I don't see how I can
>> do anything on the system if I log in as a user.  Would I be able to
>> update virus software?  Install software, edit files, change file
>> types? View secret MS system files that inevitably have to be futzed
>> with.
>> I have no other login to use, so all my data and applications are
>> based on the admin.  I would basically have to create  a new user make
>> them admin, then convert my admin user "me" to just a user?
>> Sorry this is way off topic at this point.
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Mistake #1: *never* log in as an administrator (or root or SYSTEM).
>>>   Don't
>>> do it.  I know, MS-Windows is borked in that far too much MS-Windows
>>> software needs to be run as administrator, because the of various stupid
>>> legacy issues, mostly from way back when in the days of mess-dos and
>>> win-over-mess-dos (Win 3.11 =>  Win9x =>  WinME).  You need to migrate as
>>> much as possible away from 'just logging in as administrator' as the
>>> 'easy' way out.  It might be painful now, but it will be worse later.
>>> Microsoft seems to be *trying* to do things right (after a decade+ of
>>> doing things wrong).  It looks like MS-Windows 7 is trying its best to
>>> wean people off the administrator tit.  This is probably a good thing,
>>> although it will probably be *painful* at first.  Time to bite the
>>> bullet, as it were.
>>>
>>>        
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