Hello,
I'm using local accounts on Win 10 Pro (or Enterprise, I never remember the name).
I've been using the following security practice for a while: having and administrator account that I almost never use and a user role account for everyday use.
I'm wondering if it still a good practice nowadays.
And one reason is that, I use audio and video editing programs, these programs and their plug-ins sometimes come licensed to one account. They also often require administrator rights for installation.
(And when they don't require administrator rights, they get installed to C:\Users\... instead of Program Files... I prefer when they go to Program Files...)
And sometimes it ends up in a software license mess, like some software runs for both user and administrator, but I usually launch it as user, but some plug-ins only work for administrator (because they needed to be installed "as admin") but they are part of a package that is licensed to user ...
Any suggestions on how to manage this? Am I doing this wrong? Should I give up the practice?
(And no I don't want to pay licences twice ;-) )
Thank you
I'm using local accounts on Win 10 Pro (or Enterprise, I never remember the name).
I've been using the following security practice for a while: having and administrator account that I almost never use and a user role account for everyday use.
I'm wondering if it still a good practice nowadays.
And one reason is that, I use audio and video editing programs, these programs and their plug-ins sometimes come licensed to one account. They also often require administrator rights for installation.
(And when they don't require administrator rights, they get installed to C:\Users\... instead of Program Files... I prefer when they go to Program Files...)
And sometimes it ends up in a software license mess, like some software runs for both user and administrator, but I usually launch it as user, but some plug-ins only work for administrator (because they needed to be installed "as admin") but they are part of a package that is licensed to user ...
Any suggestions on how to manage this? Am I doing this wrong? Should I give up the practice?
(And no I don't want to pay licences twice ;-) )
Thank you