> It was a clever method to trick WinXP into running Firefox with lower > than administrator rights. The idea being that would lower the risk of > having malware installed.
... > And of course, Vista & Win7 offer more protection by default anyway. > Although both will set up users as admins by default, I can lower > someone to a standard user and they can operate the machine just fine > and never even notice it. And yes, I do that for myself also. Right. DropMyRights was useful for XP, but it's really not needed for Vista or Win7. The right solution is to run as a standard user and then elevate your privileges when you need to. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************