Question I'm using XP pro. Is there something I can do to keep my kids (also some adults) from installing anything in the computer without my permission?
Answer Hi Yoni,
Other family members keep installing software--some of it undesirable--on the PC that all of us share. How do I stop them?
Daniel Otten, Englishtown, New Jersey
Short of disabling your CD drive and Internet link, there's no guaranteed way to block software installations. But the following suggestions worked with every Windows installation I tested.
With Windows 2000 and XP, you can stymie installs by having the only administrator account on the PC, if the account is password protected. In Windows XP, select Start, Control Panel, User Accounts. Click Change an account, your account, Create a password. (If you see a 'Change my password' option, the account already has a password.) Follow the instructions to create a password. The User Accounts window is where you create 'Limited' accounts for others who share the system.
Accepted Answer from SheharyaarSaahil
Date: 12/05/2004 05:25PM PST
Grade: A
Accepted Answer
Hello shannon_adams =)
You need Admin rights to install Windows Updates.... and why Adobe is not working, the reason can some progrmas writes the information to registry and to specific folders where Limited users dont have rights.... So the error!
So why dont you try this, make them Adminsitrators, and then use some rules to restrict the installation and downloading of programs from internet so that they cannot download and install garbage on the system :-?
Like this one, How can I prevent users from downloading files with Internet Explorer? http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBK/tip5300/rh5307.htm
( which can restrict users to download garbage from the intenret)
