Should I be running Vista in Standard Mode?

Goose · 31 Jul 2009 at 13:05

I was just reading another thread and someone mentioned that running your PC in Admin mode is an unnecessary risk. I've been running Vista Home Basic 64bit for a few months now and not had any problems and i'm just wondering if i should still really be in Standard mode?

If i create another account will I not have to somehow transfers all my files and install applications to the new account?

Thanks.

Goose · 31 Jul 2009 at 14:40

Ok so if I create a second login am i going to have to reinstall all my applications and games and whatnot?

Goose · 31 Jul 2009 at 16:21

dl763 said:
As I said in post 2

Sorry, i've never messed about with seperate logins and such and as simple as your post was it somehow didn't compute at all

Goose · 1 Aug 2009 at 15:03

Since i switched to standard mode i cant seem to do ANYTHING in C:\Program Files (x86).

Which is a bit annoying really as I move and edit and save files a lot in there.

Goose · 1 Aug 2009 at 15:51

Its mostly to do with mods and such for games.

Goose · 1 Aug 2009 at 17:32

Ok I'm having a bit of a nightmare mode. I created a second account which i made administrator and changed my usual account ('Toby') to Standard user.

As it was proving too annoying doing anything in C:\Program Files (x86) I changed my usual account ('toby') back to administrator and deleted the second account i had created.

However, i'm STILL being denied access to C:\Program Files (x86) and getting to contact the administrator.

Any ideas whats gone wrong?