Doing day-to-day work in an administrator account poses an elevated security risk. Here are some options for how to switch to a standard account. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac ...

We can change the account type of a user account in five easy ways. We’ll explore the following methods in this section: Change a user account type between Standard and Admin from User Accounts.

Standard users are required to enter the current PIN or password for the drive to change the BitLocker PIN or BitLocker password. If a user enters an incorrect ...

Yup, keeping all users as standard (non-admin) is basic for a network with domain joined computers. Users will not be in the domain admins group by default so they won't have access to do a lot of ...

Even if you've set up your user account to be an Administrator (the default setting if yours is the only account on the PC), Windows insists on running most programs using a standard user token.

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Ubuntu developers have fixed a series of vulnerabilities that made it easy for standard users to gain coveted root privileges. “This blog post is about an astonishingly straightforward way to escalate ...

In my post last week about why XP should be buried along with DOS and other outdated software (which amazingly received quite a number of angry comments... imagine that...) I mention some great ...

On occasion, you may want to allow other people in your home to access your Mac, but not your personal account. We'll show you how to set up and manage temporary guest users. If you are routinely ...

All members of the university community share in the responsibility for protecting information resources for which they have access. The purpose of this document is to establish minimum standards and ...