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| | How to prevent installation of software? 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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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? Is there anything wrong with just uninstalling the software after she leaves? Politically, it would be a whole lot easier. Make a System Restore point or get one of those external USB hard drives and make an image backup of the whole system, just in case. Get the old Windows XP PC out of the closet, and hide the new one. You can give the sister-in-law a non-admin account, but there's going to be trouble if you do that, when she can't install her software. Personally, I would have told her to bring her own laptop, made her sleep in the (unheated) shed, and turned the wireless router on and off at random intervals. ;^) Cheers, Earle "James Egan" <jegan472@xxxxxx> wrote in message news an.2009.01.05.04.26.03.473868@xxxxxxQuote: > 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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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:26:05 -0500, James Egan <jegan472@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >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> be-atch is gone, restore the system from that image. |
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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 news an.2009.01.05.04.26.03.473868@xxxxxxQuote: > 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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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? "James Egan" <jegan472@xxxxxx> wrote in message news an.2009.01.05.04.26.03.473868@xxxxxxQuote: > 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 > > Have a look here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...s/default.mspx -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:ujEQEQvbJHA.1676@xxxxxx Quote: > 1. Have her use Vista's "Guest Account" Which according to MS is a SECURITY RISK - why otherwise are the guest accounts turned OFF by default? -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? "James Egan" <jegan472@xxxxxx> wrote in message news an.2009.01.05.04.26.03.473868@xxxxxxQuote: > 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 > > Do NOT use the Guest account. It's a security risk. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uruGWexbJHA.4480@xxxxxx Quote: > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:ujEQEQvbJHA.1676@xxxxxx Quote: >> 1. Have her use Vista's "Guest Account" > > Which according to MS is a SECURITY RISK - why otherwise are the guest > accounts turned OFF by default? > Masses of stuff here (including TechNet) as to WHY it's a security risk. Please Carey act like you know SOMETHING.... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...ity+risk&meta= -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? several ways you could limit the damage 1) create a new account, in her name, with limited rights ( like a kids account) 2) create a group policy requiring an admin password for any install 3) image the drive and restore it after she leaves "James Egan" <jegan472@xxxxxx> wrote in message news an.2009.01.05.04.26.03.473868@xxxxxxQuote: > 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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| | Re: How to prevent installation of software? On Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:25:45 -0000, "Gordon" <gordonbparker@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: >"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message >news:ujEQEQvbJHA.1676@xxxxxx Quote: >> 1. Have her use Vista's "Guest Account" > >Which according to MS is a SECURITY RISK - why otherwise are the guest >accounts turned OFF by default? where MS specifically states that it's a security risk? I have Googled my eyes out and found nothing. Norman -- If people concentrated on the really important things of life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Doug Larson |
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