Re: Admin vs limited user account

Victor Hernandez wrote:
Hi

I own a computer with Windows XP Home. There are 2 admin user accounts (My wife and I), and 3 Limited user accunts (for my kids).

I have the problem that some (educational) software installed, doesnt work properly with limited user account (it does work fine with admin users). The company that develops that software recomend me that all the users were admin users (Yeah...rigth...) but of course I dont want to do that .

So it is possible to grant admin rigths just for execution this apps?, what would be my options? (discarding of course, granting admin rigths for all the users).


This article by MVP Rick Rogers will help you:

http://www.rickrogers.org/xpsware.htm

In addition to what Rick says, you can also use the free Sysinternals (now Microsoft) utilities filemon and regmon to see where the program in question is trying to write. You can then change permissions on only those areas and registry keys.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx


Malke
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