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Proper setup of admin & standard user account
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<blockquote data-quote="oldschool" data-source="post: 852924" data-attributes="member: 71262"><p>After you've installed Windows, from Admin account go to Settings > Accounts > Family and others (I think) and you create a new local or standard user account. Follow the prompts to finish. I just tweak privacy and other settings, especially my taskbar, etc. in admin account. Then I set up browsers, OS settings, etc. on local account.</p><p></p><p>Important note: I think when setting up a new PC or upon clean install, M$ will try to force you to <em>(or now does force you!)</em> to use an M$ account, at least this is what I found when I set up this new laptop. They really keep the settings hidden, and even not-so-old tech site posts on setting up without M$ account are now out of date. You will find your way around those darn M$ setttings, Luke Skywalker! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>[USER=82865]@Umbra[/USER] is correct, except one thing I think you can do <em>only</em> from admin account ---> changing Windows Firewall profiles, e.g from Private > Public.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldschool, post: 852924, member: 71262"] After you've installed Windows, from Admin account go to Settings > Accounts > Family and others (I think) and you create a new local or standard user account. Follow the prompts to finish. I just tweak privacy and other settings, especially my taskbar, etc. in admin account. Then I set up browsers, OS settings, etc. on local account. Important note: I think when setting up a new PC or upon clean install, M$ will try to force you to [I](or now does force you!)[/I] to use an M$ account, at least this is what I found when I set up this new laptop. They really keep the settings hidden, and even not-so-old tech site posts on setting up without M$ account are now out of date. You will find your way around those darn M$ setttings, Luke Skywalker! :D [USER=82865]@Umbra[/USER] is correct, except one thing I think you can do [I]only[/I] from admin account ---> changing Windows Firewall profiles, e.g from Private > Public. [/QUOTE]
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