Is it worth setting up another user account for my dad?

lx07 said:

Bypassing Windows User Account Control (UAC) and ways of mitigation | GreyHatHacker.NET,
UAC Bypass Using eventvwr.exe and Registry Hijacking | enigma0x3

I would rather not post more but you can google it.

Thanks.

I have seen these before. Both acknowledge that having UAC at full stops them working.

With UAC at full, the function referred to by the second link returns

Code:

UAC is set to 'Always Notify'. This module does not bypass this setting.

as stated in its explanatory article.

I am pleased that this result still stands as it means that I can continue to be lazy.

Denis

lx07 said:

Out of interest, I have a word document on my desktop called "Passwords.docx". I find it more convenient. Whether it is more or less secure than a piece of paper is debatable (obviously my disk is encrypted so actually I'm not sure)

Your file is more convenient than a piece of paper but potentially less secure depending on your usage of it. Even with a password-protected file on an encrypted disk, if it was open whilst online then a "drive by" attack might steal some or all contents.

Denis