I ran Vista for about a year as an administrator for simple reason that i only created one user when i installed it and didn't know any better. After installing Windows7 i started reading a bunch of threads on the forums, particularly ones by firewizard. He seems adamant that you should always run as a standard user with UAC enabled for security reasons.
I decided to do just that but i'm finding it unbearably annoying having to type in my admin password when i do just about anything. I also need UAC disabled as two of my most frequently used program require it to be off in order to run properly.
My question is basically this; is there a way to make running as standard user less irritating and if i do decided to use an admin account with UAC disabled just how wide open to attack am I?
Thanks.
I decided to do just that but i'm finding it unbearably annoying having to type in my admin password when i do just about anything. I also need UAC disabled as two of my most frequently used program require it to be off in order to run properly.
My question is basically this; is there a way to make running as standard user less irritating and if i do decided to use an admin account with UAC disabled just how wide open to attack am I?
Thanks.