Demote account type in XP Pro

From: Popeye (Popeye_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:51:03 -0800

Good morning everyone

I have XP Pro SP2 and have done some work, created files, accessed the
internet and saved favorites, entered data into Outlook etc. whilst working
in an account with Administrator rights. I have come to learn that this is
not good practice and need to transfer everything to an account with Limited
rights. I know that I can change an account type via Control Panel but I
fear that this might make my work inaccessible in some way.

I posted this question elsewhere and received a response from an XP Home
expert who indicated that there are special procedures for this and I should
appeal to an XP Pro expert for guidance. I have searched and come across
information about copying a profile from one account to another but don't
know if this is what I need to do. Is this the procedure or will this only
transfer data between accounts with the *same* rights, for instance in the
event of data corruption?

Fingers crossed and thanks in anticipation.
 

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