Copy a User Account in Win7 & Win8
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)
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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Yes, that would work.
Sure and much better than migrating/copying.
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I'm very happy with the replies ... thanks!
There is scope for someone to write a really useful article on this topic.
The German/English translation referred to is a bit dodgy, so the author would need a thorough understanding of the topic.
There is scope for someone to write a really useful article on this topic.
The German/English translation referred to is a bit dodgy, so the author would need a thorough understanding of the topic.
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
There are so many people being hit with malware nowadays, it might be referred to frequently.
There are so many people being hit with malware nowadays, it might be referred to frequently.
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Would this work ...
=} Create a new user account with administrator privileges.
=} Log into the new account.
=} Change my original ADMIN account to a Standard User account.
=} Log into ADMIN and use that account.