Re: What good are XP Pro User Accounts?

From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:57:50 -0800

Kurt M. Sanger wrote:

> My daughter has a game, Sims 2, that requires her to run it from my
> admin
> account. What good does it do to have Win XP Pro and require all
> users to have admin rights to run the software you want?
>
> Is it possible to create an account that allows my daughter to play
> this
> game without gaining full system access? She's not old enough to know
> what not to do.
>
> Can I create an admin account that may not access the internet so she
> can run the game without me worrying about her installing additional
> features, ie
> trojans, viruses, and spyware? I can't rely on her to unplug
> eithernet, nor
> block internet traffic. She does know how to turn it on, log in, and
> run her game though.
>
> We're running XP Pro, SP2, with EZ Firewall, EZ Antivirus, Roadrunner,
> adaware, and spybot. (And we're still vulnerable).

There is a patch for The Sims that will allow it to run in a Limited
account. Go to the game's website.

Malke 

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