Clams.....

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

It sometimes boggles the mind how much the "Average User" DOESN'T know 
about the system they're using! (I myself am guilty of this very crime!)


EGO II


On 09/10/2012 04:38 AM, Roger wrote:
>
>> Actually with Windows 7 (and apparently Vista, too) it is more like you
>> are logged in to an account that is more or less sort of (and more 
>> weasel
>> words) equivalent to a Linux account in the wheel group for running 
>> sudo.
>> You CAN do "most" "root" commands; but, you must perform a GUI based
>> equivalent of sudo first. You can even log into a "sort of root" account
>> by running the command prompt as administrator. By default you run as a
>> standard user as in modern Linux setups. (And, yes, this is just as
>> annoying to serious experienced Windows users on Windows 7 as it is for
>> serious experienced Linux users on a Linux distro.) It IS, however, 
>> worlds
>> safer when considering malware or clumsy-wetware.
>>
>> {^_^}
>   Ya gotta love Linux, no fuddling.
> Roger
>