Microsoft still hasn't improved its OOBE initial user setup thing. Still see OEM computers with Windows 7 where the owner sets-up their user account as administrator during initial setup phase, and then runs under admin all the time with no standard user account.
Got another I'm working on and will be recommending the owner let me create a standard user account and password protect the admin account. But they've already named the admin account with their first name, and they have everything setup the way they like it, user customizations, etc.
Is it OK to create a new admin account, password protect it, and then change the original admin account to standard user so they (and I) don't have to setup/migrate everything to the standard user account? Any potential issues with changing a previous admin account to standard user?
Got another I'm working on and will be recommending the owner let me create a standard user account and password protect the admin account. But they've already named the admin account with their first name, and they have everything setup the way they like it, user customizations, etc.
Is it OK to create a new admin account, password protect it, and then change the original admin account to standard user so they (and I) don't have to setup/migrate everything to the standard user account? Any potential issues with changing a previous admin account to standard user?
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