prohibit new software installs, but allow upgrades & patches

[Don]

I'm planning on purchasing several laptops for our firm with Vista Business
installed. There is no network and all laptops will work in stand-alone
mode. Is there a way I can use the built in Administrator account to
prohibit the users from installing any new software while at the same time
allowing upgrades and/or patches to software that is already installed?
Thanks for any thoughts, input, etc.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Sorry, no. Certain upgrades (such as Windows Updates) can be allowed but
there is no way to configure Windows in the way you wish to. If a user can
install an "update" (such as a newer version of Flash Player) then the same
user can install any other software, "upgrade" or "update" or not.