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Is it possible to set up IE/Firebird/OE and other Internet-accessing
programs in Windows XP so that they have reduced security
privileges, to get closer to the security levels on other OSes?

I know there is a "Run as" option and a "Protect my computer
from unauthorized program activity" option -- but how secure is this
at the moment? Is it used in anger much? Do you need to create a
new user? Is that really effective given IE's "software architecture"
(sic)?

wisefool

wisefool said:
> Is it possible to set up IE/Firebird/OE and other Internet-accessing
> programs in Windows XP so that they have reduced security
> privileges, to get closer to the security levels on other OSes?
>
> I know there is a "Run as" option and a "Protect my computer
> from unauthorized program activity" option -- but how secure is this
> at the moment? Is it used in anger much? Do you need to create a
> new user? Is that really effective given IE's "software architecture"
> (sic)?
Perhaps there are tweaks and registry settings to make it work well?
>
> wisefool