Puppy Breath

They're both protected in Vista. The only real difference is that if you can
password-protect the admin account, which prevents standard users from
elevating their privileges (if they don't know the password). Still, it
makes sense to use a standard account for your day-to-day stuff. There's
really no reason to use an admin account for day-to-day stuff. I only use my
admin account for those rare situations where you can't just elevate from a
standard account.

"gpzbc" <gpzbc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am new to Vista. I previously used XP and set up an admin account that I
> used when needed. Otherwise, I did all of my activity on the limited
> account. My question is; with all of the new UAC controls in vista, is it
> necessary to do a similar set-up? In vista, can I just use and operate
> from
> an admin account? Or is that unsafe?
>
> Thanks!