[olug] OT: "Securing" a WinXP Home Edition Machine

[Robert A. Jacobs]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far.  

>  * Do not, under any circumstances, run with Admin privileges!

> Do you do everything as root on your *NIX boxes?  No, you don't.  You
> "su" or "sudo" to get root when you need it.
> 

No-brainer there!  Thanks for the reminder with regards to Win boxes,
though.

> So why don't you do the same on a Windows box?  XP users can use FUS
> (fast user switching) to switch over to an admin acount when you need to
> install something.

Once again...no experience with setting up user accounts on
WinXP...where do I look to set up a non-Admin user account?  Likewise,
where do I look to change the name of the default admin account?

Thanks again, guys/gals/geeks.

-raj