Windows 10: Is it advisable/useful to have a second (full) Administrator account?

Discus and support Is it advisable/useful to have a second (full) Administrator account? in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; You should very rarely have to sign on as user B although you'll have to to change the account type of A (I think). There are a few odd cases you need... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by Fortitude, Jun 12, 2017.

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    Is it advisable/useful to have a second (full) Administrator account?


    Thank you. I think I got it. I now have a standard user, Microsoft account (with a password) for everyday use and I have an Administrator, local account which is also password protected. The latter account is to be used in an emergency should there be something wrong with my everyday-use standard account.
     
    Fortitude, Apr 5, 2018
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