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Topic subjectRE: W7: Lets Talk Standard User (Limited) vs Administrator
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522924, RE: W7: Lets Talk Standard User (Limited) vs Administrator
Posted by therube, Wed Aug-18-10 06:39 AM
My browser is, SeaMonkey (think like Firefox).

In my two logins, RUBEN & XP, I have separate browser Profiles (actually multiple in each, though no overlap between them.)

RUBEN has its set of Profiles, files, bookmarks, settings, extensions ...
XP has its own set of Profiles, files, bookmarks, settings, extensions ...

Given above, & without even trying, I kind of know that when I'm logged in as RUBEN, if I were to run my browser, elevated, as an Admin, that I would be prompted to elevate, & that it would elevate against XP, & it would in fact be running as XP. So here I, RUBEN, sit, running "my" browser, elevated, as XP, & I won't be using my Profiles, files, bookmarks, settings, extensions ..., instead I'll be using XP versions of the same. (That's a lot of parens in that proceeding "sentence".)

And I "know" this without even trying it out. I know that's whats going to happen.

AND THAT IS BRAIN DEAD.



I enable the hidden Administrator account, Administrator.

So I say to myself, self, since I enabled the Administrator account, & Administrator has no Profiles, files, bookmarks, settings, extensions ..., maybe <pause> maybe it will use RUBEN's versions.


Well guess what, Spoiler. Highlight to read: |IT IS BRAIN DEAD!|
Instead of doing that (which even if it doesn't really make sense, it is & would satisfy my needs, & would seem to work out), instead of doing that, it creates a new Profile, with none of my files, none of my bookmarks, none of my settings, none of my extensions ...



This is the eighteenth century we're in, not the dark ages. We're talking Windows 7. We're supposed to be safe & smart, & run as Limited users. And this is what MS come up with?

AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE. THIS IS BRAIN DEAD. Do tell me I'm wrong, that I'm just not seeing this correctly.