Assigning access rights on a limited user

[Willis]

My kids have a pc running Win XP home edition .. i made an
admin user for myself and a limited acct. for the kids.
It is getting tedious for me to log in to the admin acct
to allow them to play their games and then go back to make
aure they logged the acct off.
I dont want them installing software that i dont approve
of is the reason why i set it up like that.

Is there a way to use the admin rights to install the
software/games and then give the user or the software the
ability to run as if an administrator was running it, with
out having to start the software with my admin password
everytime ?

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Most applications weren't designed for this type of multi-user environment.
Such applications need to be installed in each specific user's account to
whom you wish to grant access.

First, be sure the account to which you wish to grant access is set to
administrator and not limited. Install the applications to the same folder
in which it was originally installed. This will look the same as one
install on your hard drive but create the pointers necessary for this user
to have access to the application.

Once the installation is complete, you can return the account to its limited
status if that is what you want and the user should still have access.