-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/20/07 07:57, John Hasler wrote: > Sven Arvidsson writes: >> I'm not a Windows user myself, but I hear of many Windows users who >> actually know that they shouldn't run as admin but are forced to do so >> because a lot of applications, installers and games simply will not run >> on an unprivileged account. > > Nothing forces them to run those applications. If they really cared about > security they would refuse to buy such programs and the publishers would > get the message.
The purpose of a computer is to run applications. If that is the application which does what you want, with relative ease and for a reasonable price, that's what you're going to use. Especially if you are a non-geek, and it's been pre-installed on your computer. Or, even if you know better and don't want to use the app, you *must* use it to interact with other people. In business, for example. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFsqmdS9HxQb37XmcRAj11AKDKLJ4mZr5/ZUF2X5JF/zK7HjYzhgCeIMbo RECtAzX7fpilyJ0vUVBfC4A= =B76a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
