Re: ? about google toolbar

From: ? (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/26/03 

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 16:21:25 -0700

Chuck, (Leslie too),THanks for your help-Yes I do trust
my daughters-They basically go to cartoonetwork and nick
JR (yes even my teen)-I trust them-I DONT trust the
internet though.So my fear would be mostly that them
having administrative privleges would allow offensive
stuff to be automatically down loaded or more spyware to
get in their account-IN other words, does having
a "Limited account" limit what can be
downloaded,installed, etc. Yes I guess I dont know much
about these things but have been trying to understand the
risks. SO any input would be appreciated unless already
answered
>-----Original Message-----
>On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 13:22:19 -0700,
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I installed the google toolbar (thnx to advise in this
>>newsgroup) and enjoy not having all those pop-ads. I
have
>>administrative privilages on my xp.But, when my
daughter
>>gets in her user account (she has limited privilages)
the
>>google bar is not there.I went on hers and tried to
>>install it but would not allow it.
>>My questions: Can I change her status to have
>>administrative priv. just to get the google toolbar and
>>then go back and change it back to limited priv? She is
a
>>teen. WHat is the dangers of changing her account
>>privileges to administrative? Please help-
>
>Can you trust your daughter? Are there specific tasks
you want to
>prevent her from running?
>
>That said, I do not trust applications that require
administrative
>privilege to install, even less do I trust the ones who
require admin
>privilege to run. Theoretically, YOU should not be
running an admin
>userid.
>
>Admin userids should only be used for administrative
tasks, like
>program installs. Of course, very few (including me)
will take the
>trouble to logoff, login as admin, do the work, then
logoff and login
>as a user.
>
>I've had to do as you are implying more than once;
sometimes there are
>apps that folks require that have to be installed as
admin under the
>userid of the person that's going to use them. So yes,
you can change
>the user to admin, login as user, do the install,
logoff, change the
>user back. But I hate applications that require that
tactic.
>
>
>Chuck
>I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing
me!
>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily
a bad thing.
>.
>

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