[antiRepublicrat]

Certainly having a default administrator setting for a user is an issue -- but it isn't an operating system design flaw.

Yes it is. They could have administrator and root like with Linux and Mac. 99%+ of Mac users don't even know root exists, yet they can do everything they generally need to do with their computers.

[Bush2000]

Yes it is. They could have administrator and root like with Linux and Mac. 99%+ of Mac users don't even know root exists, yet they can do everything they generally need to do with their computers.

As with SwordMaker, don't make the mistake of assuming that, because your Windows box comes preconfigured with you as Administrator that it's a flaw in the OS. It ain't. Dell or whoever configured the box made that choice for their own convenience.