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Using 2 Accounts on 1 Computer

Up until now I've had 1 computer dedicated to for music production only..But Im gonna be switching to a laptop for the summer. I'd like to use the laptop for internet use as well. If I create 2 accounts in XP..1 for Internet use..and 1 for Music Production..Will any of the spyware and other stuff that you accumulate on the net affect the 2nd account for Music Production?

thank you

Using a different login on the same computer for day-to-day activities will accomplish precisely nothing in terms of overall security. If you run as a normal user (not an administrator) then you can reduce some (not all) security headaches, but you don't need a separate account for that - you should be able to run most of your music software that way as well.

if you need other account just to surf try using ubuntu linux.. its much safer and more stable than windows

Not for security reasons really. For performance reasons. Will the spyware and things on the Internet account affect the Music Production account? Plus for the Music Production account I'd turn the internet off alltogether.

sounds interesting, I'd like to hear some opinions about it as well, since I'm getting a lappy next week too still don't have an external audio interface, but that'll be on the way sooner or later also :-)

run it all off one account, theres no major difference and you'll get sick of constantly swapping accounts.

however, using firefox with the ******** extension should pretty much erradicate any chance of spyware.

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Originally posted by Phantax Not for security reasons really. For performance reasons. Will the spyware and things on the Internet account affect the Music Production account? Plus for the Music Production account I'd turn the internet off alltogether.

Obviously if it doesn't help the security, then it's not going to help performance, since spyware gets on due to lax security (as well as the obvious human factors). Why would spyware care which account is signed on? They don't program these things to be polite and run in limited contexts - in fact, they're pretty much designed to continue running under any and all conceivable circumstances until they're forcibly removed.

If you don't want spyware to affect performance, then don't get spyware on your machine. Aside from virtualization there's no other solution.

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Originally posted by dj_palm just keep away from pr0n, easy

he's only human, lol...

seriously, though, your options would be to reduce user privileges (by not running as an administrator), use GOOD anti-malware software, or to dualboot with a linux. If you literally just want to browse the internet or do a bit of documenting, i'd recommend linux, probably ubuntu if you're new to linux

Alex

Same acount, but setup a different hardware profile.

I run a different profile for music production where everything not needed is disabled.
Internet
Network
CD ROM
Anti Virus
Themes
Wireless
etc

You don't need to install Linux just to look at porn. lol...

Install ******** for Firefox... it's pretty difficult to get viruses when flash, java, and java script are disabled by default!

This is pretty unnecesary... I just use the one account on my laptop and don't notice anything, although I can see how a different hardware profile might help.

Turning off wireless is a good idea
turning off antivirus is a good idea
but themes and graphics and stuff shouldn't make a difference overall, unless you've got some really extreme stuff going on.

I think uing two accounts is a waste of time and effort, you spend half the time trying to work out where you put files because you have 2 my documents folders, if your really that concerned a dual boot is probably better bang for your buck (your frustration and time).

Dual boot ?

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Originally posted by Subtle Dual boot ?

Exactly. This would probably be the only way to make sure your computer performs to the max for audio and all other stuff on separate boots.

Dual boot sorta solves 50% of the problem - as long as you don't share anything between sessions then I guess one won't be affected by the other. Still, dual boots are a real pain in the ass. If you want to look for a plugin or ask someone a question on MSN, you have to reboot - ick.

These half-assed security (or performance, if you prefer) solutions are a waste of time. Either virtualize all your unsafe apps, or use a separate machine.

I havent reformatted my machine for over a year and a half.. i have no virus protection, simple Windows firewall.. and only use Spydoctor once in a while to clean things up.

And i havent had any performance or virus problems of any kind.

It's precisely because you don't use A/V that you don't have performance problems. They're the single biggest performance killers, bar none, and the performance cost of A/V is much more dramatic than the viruses they protect against.

You do have to know what you're doing - there are a lot of morons who shouldn't be allowed to operate a computer period, much less without virus protection. But power users are better off just running a scan every couple of weeks while they're asleep and turning off that wasteful realtime protection.

Yep A/V drains resources like nothing.

Hence why a different hardware profile is the way to go my friend. Improves performance on my machine by quite alot

Get a good firewall (block everything bar the programs you want - don't use that "learn mode" crap) and use FireFox with ********. Install AVG or some other non-intrusive virus scanner and only run it once a week or whatever.

Realistically though, this is all wasted words. Most of the people on this forum would have themes, indexing, system restore, and all kinds of stupid crap on their computers anyway.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308577

get a big hard drive and format it into two bootable partitions, it'll be like having two comps, use one for music, one for regular stuff

Don't use computers.

Problem solved.

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