Should I use a standard account for every day and have a separate Admin account?

Hazel123 · 2025-04-06T09:24:41-0400

I used to do this - have a standard account I used and a separate admin account. I guess I got lazy when I started signing in with a Microsoft account so just have the one account on my own computer. When settting up for a child I used to set up two accounts with the standard one for the child. And also set up son's PC like that when he was a teenager.

Winuser · 2025-04-06T11:03:45-0400

TraderGary said:
Will Revo Uninstaller uninstall itself?

I don't know if it would or not but Revo is listed in the program list. If not I'm sure that my portable version would.

oldschool · 2025-04-06T12:13:21-0400

kelper said:
I have two accounts on my laptop, one user and one admin. Each set up as Microsoft accounts with differing email addresses, passwords and fingerprints.

If someone gains access my laptop they can't elevate their privileges without my second fingerprint. Is is worthwhile or do experts recommennd just one account?

I'm no expert, but your setup sounds complicated to me. I use my Admin account with MS account, and use PINs for the Admin and SUA. Easy and safe.

cheaterslick · 2025-04-06T12:40:21-0400

nuspieds said:
And I believe in accurate/non-deceptive quoting. Like, seriously, why would you omit the emoji? Not that I expected anyone to truly think or believe that I could or want to rule the world, but if anyone had any doubt, the emoji is significant:

I knew you were being a bit sarcastic, but somebody else here might not think that and take what you say, literally.

The emoji disappeared when I quoted you and I guess I didn't bother to include it again. My bad on that part.

Ghot · 2025-04-06T13:14:09-0400

Q: Should I use a standard account for every day and have a separate Admin account?

A: No. Yes. Wait. Whatever you want.

spapakons · 2025-04-06T13:42:04-0400

Ghot said:
Q: Should I use a standard account for every day and have a separate Admin account?

A: No. Yes. Wait. Whatever you want.

No, it is Windows 11, no Linux to use a standard account alongside Root. In Windows we, usually, use a local Administrator account.

Scannerman · 2025-04-06T15:45:31-0400

OP is big boy w big shoulders. Not a novice. We can have lots of fun with this.

I wonder if SUPER GRUB 2 is the correct approach.

gunrunnerjohn · 2025-04-06T17:20:13-0400

I used to use a standard and admin account, but it got to be way too much extra clicking a time switching when necessary. I rate the possibility of losing everything fairly low.

I have a layered backup scheme with complete backups byweekly that are always off-line unless actually being generated. In addition, I have automated backup files on a separate disk on my main system. Finally, I have a NAS with mirrored 8TB drives that also gets automated backups. I prefer protecting the data over the inconvenience of continually switching back and forth.

spapakons · 2025-04-06T17:40:10-0400

Back in 1996 when I was at University, I didn't like the restricted access of Windows NT 4.0, I was accustomed to do whatever I wanted in Windows 95. I hated every time I saw the "access denied" message. Therefore I always had full administrator rights in my account on my own PC. Even in Vista and higher I disabled UAC so I didn't have to see the annoying popup to grant access. This made the computer faster too because this popup consumes valuable resources and takes several seconds to show and click on it to resume.

pseymour · 2025-04-06T17:46:02-0400

spapakons said:
I was accustomed to do whatever I wanted in Windows 95. I hated every time I saw the "access denied" message. Therefore I always had full administrator rights in my account on my own PC.

Which is why your uni deployed NT.

Scannerman · 2025-04-06T17:48:29-0400

spapakons said:
Back in 1996 when I was at University, I didn't like the restricted access of Windows NT 4.0, I was accustomed to do whatever I wanted in Windows 95. I hated every time I saw the "access denied" message. Therefore I always had full administrator rights in my account on my own PC. Even in Vista and higher I disabled UAC so I didn't have to see the annoying popup to grant access. This made the computer faster too because this popup consumes valuable resources and takes several seconds to show and click on it to resume.

Admittedly, I got lazy over time too. Once every family member had their own PC I stopped using multiple log ins for the same OS. It's always a pain to keep switching back and forth.

Hazel123 · 2025-04-06T21:31:13-0400

Winuser said:
I don't know if it would or not but Revo is listed in the program list. If not I'm sure that my portable version would.

I wondered that the other day! While using revo and seeing it listed in the programs. I don't think it could uninstall itself because part way through uninstalling it would stop functioning presumably!

spapakons · 2025-04-07T00:10:16-0400

I haven't tried it, but I think it would just uninstall itself without the analysis to remove traces, obviously.

Scannerman · 2025-04-07T03:26:38-0400

I was a big fan of REVO until they began inundating me with ads. I never had this problem with the free version but once I paid for it the problems started coming as REVO started sending me notifications and when I would use it to uninstall apps it would nag me with adds. I kind of wish I had stayed with the free version.

kelper · 2025-04-07T04:31:01-0400

No ads with Revo Pro

Scannerman · 2025-04-07T05:09:30-0400

kelper said:
No ads with Revo Pro

Many ads with Revo Pro portable.

cheaterslick · 2025-04-07T05:18:16-0400

Scannerman said:
Many ads with Revo Pro portable.

I'm not seeing any. But then I'm using uBlock Origin and a hosts file.

Revo for desktop - free

Revo portable through portableapps.com

Revo Uninstaller Portable (local software uninstaller) | PortableApps.com

Revo Uninstaller lets you uninstall programs using a simplified interface. If you have lots of software installed, you can reorder them, list them by icon or detail and even search by name. Revo also has a hunter mode designed to help you identify which displayed windows are associated with...

portableapps.com

Scannerman · 2025-04-07T05:22:54-0400

cheaterslick said:
I'm not seeing any. But then I'm using uBlock Origin and a hosts file.

Revo for desktop - free

Revo portable through portableapps.com

Revo Uninstaller Portable (local software uninstaller) | PortableApps.com

Revo Uninstaller lets you uninstall programs using a simplified interface. If you have lots of software installed, you can reorder them, list them by icon or detail and even search by name. Revo also has a hunter mode designed to help you identify which displayed windows are associated with...

portableapps.com

Admittedly I haven't installed much in the way of ad blockers on this new 23H2 install. I did contact REVO about it expressing my views and explaining that I received less in the way of ads when I used their freeware. They neither confirmed or denied the matter. They merely suggested that I upgrade and give them more money. Well, that won't be happening.

cheaterslick · 2025-04-07T05:28:46-0400

Scannerman said:
Admittedly I haven't installed much in the way of ad blockers on this new 23H2 install. I did contact REVO about it expressing my views and explaining that I received less in the way of ads when I used their freeware. They neither confirmed or denied the matter. They merely suggested that I upgrade and give them more money. Well, that won't be happening.

The big blowoff. Which is one of the big reasons why I have to use adblockers, to begin with.

I do make sure the adblockers are disabled for sites I want to support (like this one), though.

Hazel123 · 2025-04-07T09:12:55-0400

spapakons said:
I haven't tried it, but I think it would just uninstall itself without the analysis to remove traces, obviously.

I'm curious now

I assumed it just lists all installed programs, to show what is installed which also shows revo itself. Surely it would need another program (ie Windows) to uninstall Revo from the control panel list of programs.

Edit - I didn't want to try it myself so googled it, and apparently it can uninstall itself - someone else tried it.

"So, when you uninstall Revo from Revo, the operational files have been copied to volatile memory (memory that forgets its coding when the power is removed), where they can remain until the process is done. Revo, having already read into the code, can now uninstall itself."

Can Revo Uninstaller uninstall itself?

Answer (1 of 2): What an interesting question! So, for the sake of discovery, I sacrificed my copy I use regularly (don't worry, I have an automatic Ninite update that will reinstall it). Yes, you can uninstall Revo using Revo. To understand how this can happen, you have to understand how prog...

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