Surviving a Windows XP Limited User account

As I mentioned in my last post, it’s a good idea to use a “Limited User” account under Windows XP (I haven’t experienced Windows Wished’a — erm, Vista — so I can’t speak for that OS, but chances are it’s the same).
But it’s so limiting!
You have to login as admin to install software, to install [...]

Why use a "Limited User" account on Windows?

(Related google search)
By default, any Windows XP user accounts that you create are given administrator privileges. Many people leave it this way (and some just use the built-in administrator account), allowing them to install software, modify settings, and otherwise tweak their system as their whims lead them to. Unfortunately, this also gives administrator [...]

The best laid plans…

While it appeared that I had found the social bookmarker for me…it appears that that site is dead and abandoned. After waiting 48 hours for my bookmarks to be imported, I sent an email to Spurl.net support asking if the site was, indeed, dead. I also found a post on their support forum [...]