On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/29/2014 6:23 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The whole problem is that Windows 8 changed my local account to a >>> Microsoft account because Techsmith bought into their state of the art >>> software delivery system called the Windows App Store. Genious! I >>> basically backed up my profile, deleted all accounts except the admin, >>> created a new local account, copied the contents of my profile into the >>> new >>> profile. I still had to reconfigure a whole bunch of stuff, but I am >>> back >>> to where I was yesterday. >>> >>> If this ever happens to you or anyone you know, just open up accounts and >>> there is a button, "change to local account." >>> >>> What's amatta for these guys? >>> ---------------- >>> >> >> Pure WAG here but the installer saw you had NO security defined on your >> box >> and knew to fix that. >> >> Reads like you put it back to the simplistic environment you had before. >> Next time you get software from the Win-Store you may have to re break >> your environment again. >> >> Steve: I have complete security on that box only it is set up without > using Windows accounts. Why is having a local account and not using a home > group simplistic and lacking in security in your opinion? I have Macs, > Linux and Windows machines on my network. Why would I want "Windows to > manage my network" especially when I have no idea what that means. > ------------------- >
" I have complete security on that box only it is set up without using Windows accounts." You might consider this statement needs more details. As read there is only a single "user" with Administrator access? Or would you log into an NIX box as root all the time? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmylthc13tsn2piqbkxh8hg91h99yr6v4nahvh_xad1r...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
