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| Toolman Tim wrote:
| > "cc" <> wrote in message
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| > | Lately I have been thinking that if I ran as a limited user
account
| > | that would be more secure. A lot of stuff cant execute that way. Of
| > | course I take all the normal precautions, hardware and software
| > | firewall, anti virus, constant spy ware scans. Quite frankly it is a
| > | pain, it takes up a lot of time.
| > | My question is that it is difficult when I want to download
| > | something. I have to switch users and download if from the
| > | administrator account or change the user account to an administrator
| > | which involves logging off etc. Is there any easier way to do this,
for
| > | example what would be nice is that when I am on as a limited account
and
| > | wanted to download something, I would be prompted for an administrator
| > | password. I dont know if this is possible and if it is dont know how
to
| > | do it.
| > | Any suggestions?
| > |
| > | Thanks
| > |
| > | Charlie
| >
| > Sounds like you have two user accounts - one limited for normal use,
then
| > one with Administrator rights. In Windows XP, when you want to install a
| > program, you can right-click on the setup file, and select "Run As".
Should
| > work for most things. Maybe using "Run As" for your browser would allow
| > downloads? Personally, I've never bothered with a limited account for
| > myself. That's for guests, visitors, family members <g> etc. So I'm not
| > gonna set one up just to see if a browser started with "Run As" would do
| > that. If you try it, please post back here with the results ;o)
| >
| >
| >
| Well it sounded promising but unfortunately I dont have a run as when I
| right click on the exe file.I think I will buy a mac.
|
I do. Are clicking on a link or shortcut, or on the actual exe file at
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
(still may not help though...)
|
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