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Disable the Steam service. Run Steam only on a separate user session with limited rights (no admin and no access to your files). So essentially you'd have to ma
by ChrisSD 7y ago
Disable the Steam service. Run Steam only on a separate user session with limited rights (no admin and no access to your files). So essentially you'd have to manually switch user, via the login screen, to play your games.
- chupasaurus 7y agoYou've missed "Install Steam somewhere inside separate user's home directory" to not dealing with UAC on each update. I moved to separate Wintendo box which is the best solution.
- ChrisSD 7y agoAs far as I'm aware, Steam makes its own folder writeable by everybody. Besides, you should get an error instead of the UAC if you're running as a non-admin account. But yes, separate hardware is safer.