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New Laptop - User Accounts

not2bright
13 years ago

Hi,

A relative recently got an HP laptop and I got things set up for her (remove Norton, install MSE, MBAM, CCleaner, FF, etc.), but one thing I forgot to check while at her house was the account set up. It's been such a long time since I dealt with a factory computer (my last two were custom jobs by my 'computer guy') -- and I'm "not2bright" anyway ;-) -- that I just don't know the answer to this (for you all) very simple question: when a user starts up a factory computer, is it automatically set to work via a user account, or is one using the administrator account ? IOW, do I need to create a user account so that she is not using the admin account for her daily web surfing ?

I won't be near her house for a day or so, but if you think she might be using the admin account, I can make a special trip there to get another user account set up (since I understand that one shouldn't use the admin account for routine computer work).

Thanks !

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