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Old 01-05-2009   #4 (permalink)
Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Re: How to prevent installation of software?

1. Have her use Vista's "Guest Account"

or

2. Let her use the old Windows XP PC


"James Egan" <jegan472@xxxxxx> wrote in message
newsan.2009.01.05.04.26.03.473868@xxxxxx
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> My sister-in-law will be staying with us, and she uses my wife's PC
> running Vista home premium SP1. The last time she stayed with us she
> installed a bunch of software on her old Windows XP PC. We want to
> prevent her from installing software on this new PC. Does Vista have any
> mechanism which would allow us to prevent software from being installed?
> I'm thinking at minimum of creating a non-admin account for her to use.
> And no, asking her to NOT install software will not work with this woman!
> <g>
>
>
> -Thanks
>
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