Re: What good are XP Pro User Accounts?

From: Kurt M. Sanger (KurtMSanger_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:27:02 -0800

Thanks; I've updates SIMS 2 with a new patch.

"Malke" wrote:

> 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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