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[Cyndi]

I just got a new Dell laptop with XP.......I've had Win98SE, so this is all new to me. I put myself on as Administrator and put my son on as Administrator too so that he would be able to download his own programs. I read that if he was Limited, he could not download anything. First, is this right? Then, I installed some games and found that they are also on his desktop and in his programs. Why did they do that if I installed them under me? How do I make it so that I can install and uninstall and it won't affect him at all and vice versa. He can put some programs on that will not show up in my files.........How should I have this set up? I want him to access all the Office Programs, all the programs that came on the computer, OE, IE........but be able to keep his things separate from me and vice versa.
Cyndi

 

[George]

Try changing himfrom administrator to user. He should be
abls to still download and install programs. You can
still access them as you are the administrator. Hope this
helps.
George

-----Original Message-----
I just got a new Dell laptop with XP.......I've had

Win98SE, so this is all new to me. I put myself on as
Administrator and put my son on as Administrator too so
that he would be able to download his own programs. I
read that if he was Limited, he could not download
anything. First, is this right? Then, I installed some
games and found that they are also on his desktop and in
his programs. Why did they do that if I installed them
under me? How do I make it so that I can install and
uninstall and it won't affect him at all and vice versa.
He can put some programs on that will not show up in my
files.........How should I have this set up? I want him
to access all the Office Programs, all the programs that
came on the computer, OE, IE........but be able to keep
his things separate from me and vice versa.

 

[Cyndi]

When I went to change his account, the only options I had were Administrator and Limited

 

[george]

change his to limited

-----Original Message-----
When I went to change his account, the only options I

had were Administrator and Limitedmessage news:[email protected]...

 

[Cyndi]

According to the description of Limited, he can not download or install any programs..........that is not my intent. I want him to be able to download whatever, but I want it to be in his profile, on his desktop and not mine...............can this be done at all???

 

[George]

I just set up a limited user just to try it and i could
download things off the net he can install things but
they will go under his account which you can view by
going to
c:/documents and settings/hisname/start menu programs.
hope this helps you further

-----Original Message-----
According to the description of Limited, he can not

download or install any programs..........that is not my
intent. I want him to be able to download whatever, but
I want it to be in his profile, on his desktop and not
mine...............can this be done at all???message news:[email protected]...

change his to limited

-----Original Message-----
When I went to change his account, the only options I

had were Administrator and Limited in
message news:[email protected]...

Try changing himfrom administrator to user. He

should
be

abls to still download and install programs. You can
still access them as you are the administrator.

Hope
this

helps.
George
-----Original Message-----
I just got a new Dell laptop with XP.......I've had
Win98SE, so this is all new to me. I put myself on as
Administrator and put my son on as Administrator

too
so

that he would be able to download his own programs. I
read that if he was Limited, he could not download
anything. First, is this right? Then, I installed some
games and found that they are also on his desktop

and
in

his programs. Why did they do that if I installed them
under me? How do I make it so that I can install and
uninstall and it won't affect him at all and vice versa.
He can put some programs on that will not show up

in
my

files.........How should I have this set up? I

want
him

to access all the Office Programs, all the programs that
came on the computer, OE, IE........but be able to keep
his things separate from me and vice versa.
Cyndi


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[Cyndi]

Thanks, I'll try that and see how it goes.