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    Windows accounts - advice using admin + standard user on W11


    I have always used two accounts for personal computers using Windows since XP days, an admin account plus a standard user account and I always advise friends and family to do the same. I am very disappointed that computer manufacturers do not even suggest this for new computers otherwise, in my opinion as a professional Windows user since the beta version of Windows 1 - now retired, leaving the new user with just the initial account which has to be an admin account is very dangerous. I hope that your experts here agree with me! With at least 20-30 systems that have been set up following my

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