A very good question. I don't recall this being asked before. I'll give it a try.

I believe that running a single program as Administrator would be no different from running Windows using an account with Administrator privileges. I could be completely wrong about that.

In the specific case of BIAB, Dr. Gannon has said that he does not run BIAB using administrator privileges. However, he runs the Windows version on his Mac, so I don't know how that affects the question.

For those of us running BIAB normally on a PC using Windows, I think you do not have to run BIAB As Administrator. And I do mean, just BIAB. I think, and this could be completely wrong too, the problems start to occur when other programs are involved that support or are called by BIAB. People using virtual instruments or plugins often report that their problems are fixed when they run As Administrator.

As far as I understand Windows, and I've been doing this a very long time, from the beginning and before, it does no harm to run As Administrator. Do you have a concern about doing so?

Last edited by Andrew - PG Music; 02/13/19 08:22 AM.
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