Changing your Windows user account from an administrator account to a standard account would have protected it from 94% of the critical vulnerabilities Microsoft patched in Windows last year. First Step: Create A New Administrator AccountIf you only have one account on your Windows PC, then it's an administrator account. Windows 10: Click your old account then click change account type. Click the account type box to switch from administrator to standard then click OK.Windows 7: Click your old account then click change account type. Click standard then click change account type.

Source: Forbes February 26, 2017 17:00 UTC