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Windows OSS Only For Administrators?
Torsten writes "We all know it: it is no good idea to run Windows with Adminstrator privileges all the time. But when you use a normal user account, many programs will not work properly. I have recently recognised that even open source software has difficulties with the Windows rights model. Openoffice will continue to ask for registration until an Administrator stops it. Firefox will not install new search plugins for normal users and will not even tell why. FlightGear starts the configuration screen, but only an Administrator can fly.
Have the OpenSource developers problems adapting the windows right model? Or does nobody bother being Administrator?"
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OK, the moderation on this is really out of control. I was like the second post, so it can't be redundant. And modding me troll is just assinine.
Come on, give me some insightful mods, or just leave it alone. It's not a fucking troll.
Since your comment is posted as an AC, I don't know what post you're referring to, but it's perfectly possible for a first post to be labeled 'redundant.'
The reason for this is that this discussion doesn't exist in a vacuum. If you repeated an old, tired argument, then it's quite possibly 'redundant.'