Re: Chenge from Administrator to Power user

"Jesper Johansson" [MSFT] said:

> Why do you need to change a user from administrator to Power User? It buys
you almost nothing from a security perspective.
Your statement conflicts with many MVPs but coming directly from Microsoft I
don't doubt you are correct, but still I'd be interested to know the facts.

> A Power User is just an administrator that has not made himself an
administrator yet. If anything you need to change it to a regular user.
I didn't know that a power user could make himself an administrator, would
you care to elaborate.

> More than likely the creator/owner on the user's profile is listed as
"Administrators" not the user account.
That can easily easily be changed.

> The Files and Settings Transfer Wizard is the easiest way "to more the
profile".
(?) You lost me here. I'd be interested to know your meaning; any tip is a
good tip specially coming directly from Microsoft.

And I responded to the OP request with what seems to me the most practical
approach and because I believe it's best to have more than one
administrative account, and I didn't mention it but seems obvious he should
leave the administrative account as it is and instead of converting it to
power or regular user, he should instead create a new account, and the File
and settings wizard seems to me the most practical approach to transfer
files and settings to the new account without modifying the administrative
account.. but that's just my point of view of course and just a suggestion.

> > --------------------------------
> > "Oiprox" <aev@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió en el mensaje
> > news:35FF2481-16E8-4634-B82F-7C4E8C8FEF34@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Hello Everyone!
> >> I need to change a user rights from Administrator to Power user but
when
> >> I
> >> do it - the system after logging off and On says that it cannot access
> >> the
> >> Desktop folder - and the best part of user settings get corrupted!
> >> When I return the rights of Administrator - everything is OK!
> >> What is the best and 100% way of changing rights from Admin to PU?
> >> --
> >> Best regards,
> >> Oiprox
> >
> >
> >
> >
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