Administrator Or Limited User Account , Security Is The Question

When setting up your computer you really should have 2 accounts.

  • An Administrator account ( Windows 7 ,Vista & XP , Apple)
  • A Limited User Account ( XP ) Standard User  (Windows 7 , Vista , Apple)

Then for your day to day activities you should run in limited / standard user which will avoid you installing or running unwanted programs and applications that you

Malware and Spyware require you to run in Administration mode as they need to access system files hence running in Limited will enable you to avoid activating these programs.

In Windows 7 & Vista the UAC is turned on and should be left on so that unauthorised changes to your computer are monitored.

if you have the 2 accounts you can also check if you experience software issues by swapping form one account to the other.

Windows Media Player & Ripping CDs

Cd The default when ripping CDs for Windows Media Player is WMA ( Windows Media Audio ) which is fine if you are only going to play it with Windows Media Player , however supposed you want to play your WMA files in iTunes.
Well when you try and open the files in iTunes it will convert them to AAC so you can play them in iTunes.

A longer process.
What you should do is change the default's in Windows Media Player to MP3 so you can play them in iTunes and while you are adjusting the preferences increase the audio quality to at least 192kps.

This will result in a larger file , however for audiophiles , a clearer sound .

Looking for more information check out this article at 7 Tutorials on How to Rip Cds in Windows Media 12