Running game servers as Administrator.

[JayHax0r]

I'm running Windows 2k8 RC, and I would like to know if it makes a difference (like Linux running servers as root) on whether or not I run game servers on the Administrator account or a separately made user.

[Nisd]

I always run all application separated.

Just so if one application / game server is compromised with a bug or exploit it wont affect the hole server.

[BehaartesEtwas]

generally it has security implications if you run applications as administrator, especially if those are networked applications. as there is no drawback from running them on a normal user you should do that. (on linux this is much worse though, as the root user may do even worse things... but that's more a thing of safety not security).