Thanks BM,

I found one of your old replies to a post where you outlined having to set the "remote device" section in studio setup to MOXF Port 2 - so I have done that with the MODX and sustain pedal seems now to be working!

Hopefully someone has some suggestions re Problem 2?

Hopefully someone has some suggestions re Problem 2?

You might want to consult the source who thinks you need a separate account? Who does it keep you “safer” from? Sounds sketchy to me but then, I’ve never heard of that.

For MODX related item we can usually help you here — for computer related issue you might want to contact Steinberg via your MySteinberg Account or through the Steinberg.net Forums.

Let us know.

You might want to consult the source who thinks you need a separate account? Who does it keep you “safer” from? Sounds sketchy to me but then, I’ve never heard of that.

Actually, using a non-admin account is common practice. In unix the suggestion is to login as a normal user (not root) and when elevated privileges are needed to run "sudo" which requests to run the following command "sudo do_something" with super-user (root) authority. There's a file that sudo uses to determine if the "do_something" command is in a list of allowed "sudo"'able commands.

The rationale of doing this is to request ultimate power when you need it. With root - you can "mess up" and run commands that would do damage even unintentionally. Running generally as a non-root user keeps you safe from yourself at times.

Also, as a general security position, never running as root or "giving out" root is safer than using root directly.

System administration from the windows side can be done in a similar manner. Where "run as administrator" is similar to sudo in unix. The general notions above for unix would apply the same to Windows.

In the consumer market where no one except the owner will access the computer as a matter of convenience common practice is to break down all of the walls and always run as admin - often without any password to prevent from having to login - etc. That's one way to run a computer but goes against conventional wisdom.

Ultimately, the user/owner has to decide what security position they take. How much they trust themselves to utilize the power, how open of a system they want, etc informs how much one wants to go the more consumer route with security.

Source: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/create-standard-user-account,news-18333.html

No one, even home users, should use administrator accounts for everyday computer use, such as Web surfing, emailing or office work. Instead, those tasks should be carried out by a standard user account. Administrator accounts should be used only to install or modify software and to change system settings.

If you're a Windows user who has administrative rights, you should create a separate administrator account, and you should downgrade your regular account to standard — even if you're the only person who uses the computer. (You can still perform administrative tasks by typing in the password to the admin account.)

Some versions of Windows even disabled the administrator account - so the automatic policy was to prevent users from logging into the admin account and instead implicitly strongly suggested logging in as the normal user account instead.

Mostly here I am chiming in to say that the notion to avoid logging in as an administrator is common-place going back to the beginnings of rights-based operating systems and is not anything fishy. As the sole owner of a computer one can decide to ignore this advice in order to make things easier. Assuming there are zero attack vectors from outside the owner of the computer (like say it's never attached to a network and no one can ever physically access the computer) -- the risk would be how wide your own commands can reach as the administrator. With the rights to write to anything on the hard disk - you could accidentally delete/step on things unintentionally and "mess up" the OS. To the extent you're OK with assuming that risk (and "know" there are no other risks outside of this) - then just open up your system as wide as possible and login as admin.

Everything Jason said, and this: pros concerned about their personal workstations don't work from root, generally speaking, because using a non-admin user account provides the single biggest safety and "firewalling" of the device's core functionality.

And as Jason says, this is deliberate, by the OS manufacturers, and the first and primary reason for user accounts and their hierarchically limited access privileges.

Thanks Jason and Andrew,

I am probably less concerned with corrupting the OS by my own ignorance than the fear of people hacking into my computer via the internet and getting bank account or other personal details.

I have heard (or seen on Youtube) that If you are only logged into a non-admin account they cannot achieve or do as much damage.

But maybe I am just paranoid.