Move files and settings from admin to user account

I used to do my daily work in the only admin account on my Mac. For safety reasons, I'd prefer to do my daily work in a user account (that is, in an account with less privileges).
* How do I move all my data and preferences from the admin account into the new user account? Will I need to copy some fonts and applications? How to adjust the access right?

The easy way is to create a new administrator account, logout out of the old one, login to the new one, and use the "Accounts" system preference to turn off the administrator privilege of the old account. The old account should then be used for normal work.

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Hi,
Have a try to change the user account from the current user account.
You can do this by pressing the advanced button at the bottom of the screen where you see the transfer button.
Please refer to this thread:
Windows Easy Transfer can't log on to your domain account
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_install/windows-easy-transfer-cant-log-on-to-your-domain/da341b4e-9f10-4334-a7a3-0f743dd08910
Meanwhile as this is a Windows 7 related issue so it is recommanded to post to Windows 7 forum.
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Hi Vincent, like I said I tried all of that already and it failed. Thanks a lot for trying to help though. Imperfect1, so sorry I took so long to reply. No that's not the case. I was trying to restore from x86 to x86.
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the risks. Shameful!
Anyway, I managed to recover my files with this life saver of a program here>
http://www.visser.com.au/blog/migrecover-for-microsofts-windows-easy-transfer/
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I can't express how grateful I am to the developer and the host for the download. You guys are the most awesomest people ever. Cheers.
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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/68910c1a-3c4b-47af-bb22-0e7ec6f2054f/
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