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Useful comments so far .... thanks<br />
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Would this work ...<br />
=} Create a new user account &nbsp;with administrator privileges.<br />
=} Log into the new account.<br />
=} Change my original ADMIN account to a Standard User account.<br />
=} Log into ADMIN and use that account.
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Sure and much better than migrating/copying.
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I'm very happy with the replies ... thanks!<br />
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There is scope for someone to write a really useful article on this topic.<br />
The German/English translation referred to is a bit dodgy, so the author would need a thorough understanding of the topic.
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Sure, I will do that some time, maybe in the upcoming holidays - it's my article.
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I'm looking forward to it McKnife<br />
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There are so many people being hit with malware nowadays, it might be referred to frequently.
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Hi.<br />
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Here is my article <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/24599/Free-yourself-of-your-administrative-account.html" rel="ugc">Free yourself of your administrative account</a>
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On all my PCs my <b>only</b> user account is called ADMIN.<br />
It has full administrator privileges, which is not recommended from a security point of view.<br />
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I want to do the right thing and use an ordinary user account (i.e. Standard User).<br />
If I create a new virgin user account, the Desktop, Taskbar, StartBar etc. bears no resemblance to my ADMIN layout.<br />
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How do I copy all the attributes (except administrator privileges) of ADMIN to my new Standard User account?<br />
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(I'm not referring to copying a profile ... just a user a/c)
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On all my PCs my only user account is called ADMIN.
It has full administrator privileges, which is not recommended from a security point of view.

I want to do the right thing and use an ordinary user account (i.e. Standard User).
If I create a new virgin user account, the Desktop, Taskbar, StartBar etc. bears no resemblance to my ADMIN layout.

How do I copy all the attributes (except administrator privileges) of ADMIN to my new Standard User account?

(I'm not referring to copying a profile ... just a user a/c)

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