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Cloning/Copying user account preferences?
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<blockquote data-quote="RNDdave" data-source="post: 866499" data-attributes="member: 20405"><p>I used to have my main account as the administrator - then recognised the potential threat this might pose... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Anyway, what I did was create the second users account from my first, give the new account admin rights, then log into the new account and remove admin rights from my first/main account, that way I didn't need to copy anything, I just need to provide my new admin credentials whenever there is a software update - I believe this is nice and secure and quite a quick, simple and painless task <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>EDIT: read thread again - I am replying to original poster (2 years late...). </p><p></p><p>Sorry <strong>Junglegeek</strong> I've note done what you're suggesting so not sure how to go about that one - although I'd imagine that you could copy the folder as suggested in above post and then remove the documents folder from within the new account - but as stated this is not something I've tried...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RNDdave, post: 866499, member: 20405"] I used to have my main account as the administrator - then recognised the potential threat this might pose... :) Anyway, what I did was create the second users account from my first, give the new account admin rights, then log into the new account and remove admin rights from my first/main account, that way I didn't need to copy anything, I just need to provide my new admin credentials whenever there is a software update - I believe this is nice and secure and quite a quick, simple and painless task :) EDIT: read thread again - I am replying to original poster (2 years late...). Sorry [b]Junglegeek[/b] I've note done what you're suggesting so not sure how to go about that one - although I'd imagine that you could copy the folder as suggested in above post and then remove the documents folder from within the new account - but as stated this is not something I've tried... [/QUOTE]
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