The other day I was web searching with my laptop while log in to the administrator account. While web searching, the mouse pointer froze. I thought it was a browser crash, so I decided to let the laptop sit for a while. After about five minutes, the mouse became functional again, at which time I chose to restart the laptop. As I selected restart, a popup came up asking if I wanted “to end the download”. This surprised me, as I wasn’t even aware that a downloaded was taken place.
Anyway, the laptop restarted on its own before I had a chance to click on the popup. When it restarted, it crashed immediately as soon as I moved the mouse. I closed the lid and the laptop when into the sleep mode. When I opened the lid again, the laptop came back from the sleep mode fine, but the mouse pointer froze again as I tried moving the mouse around. To make this story short, I used safe mode, but got the same result. I tried using the DVD to do a repair, but it didn’t detect any issues. I tried using System Restore (booting from the DVD), but I kept receiving a file error and a message indicating that the system could not be restored. I tried system restore several times, but kept receiving the same error. After the fourth time, I quit system restore and restarted the laptop. As it restarted, a message came up indicating that the system had been successfully restored. Everything went back to normal again, and the laptop has been running just fine since.
One of the biggest issues when running a PC under the administrator account is that a program can install itself without the user being asked for permission to install. One should use a standard account whenever possible, but especially when web searching because you’ll never know who is watching or what malicious program is just waiting to invade your PC and/or privacy. There’s always someone out there watching, whether for good or bad intentions… but more times than not, with bad intentions. One more thing, make sure your administrator account is password protected.
Last edited by felix8406 : 06-19-2007 at 01:35 AM.
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06-13-2007, 08:33 PM
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