Hi Larry, My first reaction is that this is a bad idea. Though, most people who own their own computer are likely running as administrator it appears that a lot of folks are using the Book Port at work where they may not have administrator privileges. However, without knowing your reasoning for doing this, it is difficult to really say whether it is a good or bad idea. Perhaps you could give a brief explanation of why that step is being considered? Thanks, Richard on Wednesday 3/23/2005 09:17 AM LARRY SKUTCHAN said >How many of you on this list do _not_ run your PC as an administrator? > >This question only applies to Windows XP. > >We are thinking of requiring administrative privledges to perform >firmware updates, and we would like to get an idea of how this would >effect the general user.