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There are some cases where running as administrator is required (for example, to debug an issue that shows up when running under IIS but not under the development web server, for example) but you're right that for day-to-day development you don't need to (and shouldn't) be running as admin.

Dean Harding
– Dean Harding

2010-09-17 05:11:48 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 5:11
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Another exception for that 'always use a limited user acct': you need to (re)start/stop a service

Victor Hurdugaci
– Victor Hurdugaci

2010-09-17 08:57:40 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 8:57
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@Victor Hurdugaci: That's why I say admin access should be available. When I say the programmer should work as a limited user, I don't mean that they shouldn't be admin of their own machine.

greyfade
– greyfade

2010-09-17 17:57:07 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 17:57

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