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What do you do with admin access on your gaming PC? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by ssroxnak@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Do you have a separate admin account, or let your "main" account have admin rights? Do you require entering a password/PIN to install software? Just curious about where people fall on the security-convenience spectrum.

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago

I just have admin rights on my account and don't give anything I don't trust UAC permission. No installer/platform like Steam or EGS or GOG requires UAC permission if they install to a different drive, and I have Windows on its own M.2 drive, while my games go to 1 of two 2TB nvmes.

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