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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Re:Not true

[Profane MuthaFucka]

Someone modded me down? I really do feel this way. Windows makes a really nice game platform, same as an XBox or something like that. You could even run a regular OS on an XBox, but if I saw my bank using something like that to keep track of my money, I'd switch my bank.

Seriously. Windows == game machine. Run as administrator on it, all you will risk is your Everquest game money. If you run a real business on a game machine, well, I will LOL.