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Wow, I'm running as admin in my two Win10 PCs and didn't know it!
Within the last year, I bought a Dell XPS 8900 tower and an Acer Spin3 laptop. Both came with Windows 10.
I just discovered that I'm running as the administrator in both PCs and never even knew it. I assumed I was running as a user since I get the UAC (User Account Control) popup when I do various things. But nope, in Control Panel > User Accounts I see only one account as:
My Account Name
Local Account
Administrator
Password Protected
I guess I should add a user account and switch to it for normal usage to run with recommended security. I'm the only user of my two PCs.
Questions are:
1. If I add a new "non admin" account, will it be able to run all of the programs I currently have installed? And access all of the folders and files on my hard drives?
2. When I go to "Start > Settings > Accounts > Family & other people > Add a family member", why am I getting the following error popup?
..... "Something went wrong
..... Try again, or select Cancel to set up your device later."
3. From Googling, I learned about using netplwiz to add a local account. If I use that option and it is successful, will that account do all of the things I asked in Question-1 above?
I'm reluctant to start adding stuff that won't work and screw up my Win10 systems. So I'm asking here first. Thanks.