Luc wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Thank you for your detailed explanation. To be on the safe (safest) side
> then, I had better create a second, standard account for myself (I'm the only
> user, by the way) to be protected best against malware, use the administrator
> account that was created when installing Vista only for those actions that do
> require administrator-privileges, and leave the built-in but unabled
> administrator account untouched (the built-in one doesn't seem to be subject
> to UAC, if I understand correctly, so doesn't provide quite the same
> protection that any other administrator account does).


You're welcome. However, I don't recommend leaving the built-in
account disabled. If you do that, you'll be unable to use it when you
need it. I'd recommend enabling it, renaming it, and setting a strong
password on it.


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