Problems with some programs now I've adopted a non-administrative account

From: Philip Herlihy (foof8501_at_herlihy.eu.veil.com)
Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:01:37 -0000

I've taken the occasion of a complete reinstall to change from my old habit
of using an administrator-level account for routine use. I've figured out
most of the problems, but one or two programs are intractable. MS
PhotoDraw, for example, will only run with administrative privilege (tried
everything else) so I've set up a shortcut which prompts me to log on with a
higher-level account. The PDF995 pseudo printer-driver (bargain - see
www.pdf995.com) won't run now unless I'm logged on with full admin
credentials.

I wonder what guidelines there might be from folk who've tackled this
before? Obviously I can change account and grant my limited account Full
Control to selected files and folders, but this is surely negating the
protection of using a limited account. Any tips, or pointers to articles? 

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