Guest cjrolls Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Hi all, Is there a way to install a program in only my admin account. Using win XP home and do not want other users accessing certain programs. At the moment all programs installed are able to be accessed by all users. Hope you can help. Thanks
Guest Malke Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: install new program in admin acc only cjrolls wrote: > Hi all, Is there a way to install a program in only my admin account. > Using > win XP home and do not want other users accessing certain programs. At > the moment all programs installed are able to be accessed by all users. > Hope you can help. Thanks I don't believe you'll be able to do this natively in XP Home. You would need to upgrade to Pro or use third-party software. If your other users are not particularly savvy, you can remove any shortcuts to the programs from their Start menus. Naturally this is merely a cosmetic "fix" and the users could still run the programs if they know how to find the executables. You might want to take a look at using either MVP Doug Knox's Security Console or the MS SteadyState program to set the restrictions the way you want. http://www.dougknox.com http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx More on SteadyState: http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27570 Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
Guest xcal Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Re: install new program in admin acc only perhaps by making private the folder in wich the program has been installed. I have no XP here so I cant tell you if its possible After that other users cant access that folder or its content Carlos "Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:ONL0GlV%23IHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > cjrolls wrote: > > > Hi all, Is there a way to install a program in only my admin account. > > Using > > win XP home and do not want other users accessing certain programs. At > > the moment all programs installed are able to be accessed by all users. > > Hope you can help. Thanks > > I don't believe you'll be able to do this natively in XP Home. You would > need to upgrade to Pro or use third-party software. If your other users are > not particularly savvy, you can remove any shortcuts to the programs from > their Start menus. Naturally this is merely a cosmetic "fix" and the users > could still run the programs if they know how to find the executables. > > You might want to take a look at using either MVP Doug Knox's Security > Console or the MS SteadyState program to set the restrictions the way you > want. > > http://www.dougknox.com > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx > More on SteadyState: http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27570 > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ >
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