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 Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:48 am Post subject: Restricting Windows XP Accounts |
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Question: Hello,
I'm placed in charge of managing a computer lab at an elementary school (Windows XP Pro). What I'm looking for is a way to create a limited user account where I can limit Control Panel access and prevent users from installing applications. I also want to customize the desktop and start menu appearance of these accounts. I am left, however, with the connundrum of how can I log on to the restricted account to change these settings when the account itself is restricted? Is there an optimal solution for easily creating and managing limited user accounts from an admin-level account without actually having to log on to that account? And conversely, is there a way to install an application from the restricted account AS an administrator? Thanks.
Answer: Installing an application is easy. Right click the install exe and choose run as. XP will then ask you for the username and password of the account to run the install under. This will give admin rights only for that install. As far as customizing the profile, add the user to the administrator group and remove them when you are done editing the profile. You could also just copy the profile from an admin user to the general user. Just make sure you change the ownership of the files to the general user. |
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