Hmm. I am using the admin account. Did the person who told you this recommend the other account for security reasons, which would be the typical reason to do this (at least on a PC)?
Since I'm running XP only when I need to do testing (which may only be a few days per month, and in any case, definitely not all the time), it may be okay to just get by with the admin account. But that's why I'm wondering why you got the advice you did -- this virtualization stuff is still very new to me, and I'd prefer not to screw things up.
ETA: I asked my husband, the Windows user, about this, and he said it was a good idea to make a new account, because some programs don't expect you to be running as Admin. So, thanks for the tip! I've set up a new account ... and for some reason, XP is displaying my new account's desktop picture at a different size than the way it displays for Administrator, despite the fact that both accounts have the same display/resolution settings. Why the hell do people use this operating system?
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on 2008-05-08 09:19 pm (UTC)Since I'm running XP only when I need to do testing (which may only be a few days per month, and in any case, definitely not all the time), it may be okay to just get by with the admin account. But that's why I'm wondering why you got the advice you did -- this virtualization stuff is still very new to me, and I'd prefer not to screw things up.
ETA: I asked my husband, the Windows user, about this, and he said it was a good idea to make a new account, because some programs don't expect you to be running as Admin. So, thanks for the tip! I've set up a new account ... and for some reason, XP is displaying my new account's desktop picture at a different size than the way it displays for Administrator, despite the fact that both accounts have the same display/resolution settings. Why the hell do people use this operating system?