Separate Accounts for Separate AV programs

[steve]

Forgive my cross post. This appears to be the right group.

I have been trying to figure this out, but I am way out of my league
when it comes to user accounts etc. Only recently did I have to set up
a "domain" account to access one client's printers, which I did from a
cookbook type menu, and that is the sum of my knowledge and experience.
Doing that make me think however that the may be a solution to my
problem as described here.

I have multiple business client networks I log onto as needed. Usually
they will do some security check of my machine. One requires a specific
antivirus program and fortunately it is the one I have always used. Now
a new client requires a different antivirus program. I have been un and
re installing my native program and the alternate program, but it is a
pain. What I found out, is that they are mutually exclusive and all
vestiges of one have to be removed for the other to work without
problems. I have lately been using two machines but I find that the
alternate virus program is a memory hog and has other problems that
make my machine risky to use and much less robust. I have asked others
in a similar situation (and apparently with the same depth of
understanding of user accounts as mine) and two machines is the common
solution.

Before I worry about how, I want to know if I can set up an account
that uses only client B's antivirus program and can't see any of the
elements of the other one while I am in that account. Concurrently,
there should be none of the one AV program that interferes with my
native one. Ideally, the new account should look like and use
everything else the same as does the existing account and all of the
files I save and download from Client B's sessions should be available
in my regular account.

Since it is still only me, I have no concerns about permissions or
access etc. between the accounts.

Is this type of setup possible?

Thank you,

Steve

 

[Malke]

Forgive my cross post. This appears to be the right group.

I have been trying to figure this out, but I am way out of my league
when it comes to user accounts etc. Only recently did I have to set up
a "domain" account to access one client's printers, which I did from a
cookbook type menu, and that is the sum of my knowledge and
experience. Doing that make me think however that the may be a
solution to my problem as described here.

I have multiple business client networks I log onto as needed. Usually
they will do some security check of my machine. One requires a
specific antivirus program and fortunately it is the one I have always
used. Now a new client requires a different antivirus program. I have
been un and
re installing my native program and the alternate program, but it is
a pain. What I found out, is that they are mutually exclusive and all
vestiges of one have to be removed for the other to work without
problems. I have lately been using two machines but I find that the
alternate virus program is a memory hog and has other problems that
make my machine risky to use and much less robust. I have asked others
in a similar situation (and apparently with the same depth of
understanding of user accounts as mine) and two machines is the common
solution.

Before I worry about how, I want to know if I can set up an account
that uses only client B's antivirus program and can't see any of the
elements of the other one while I am in that account. Concurrently,
there should be none of the one AV program that interferes with my
native one. Ideally, the new account should look like and use
everything else the same as does the existing account and all of the
files I save and download from Client B's sessions should be available
in my regular account.

Since it is still only me, I have no concerns about permissions or
access etc. between the accounts.

I think you will run into real problems trying to do this because an
antivirus program covers the entire system, not just one user account.
A better solution for you would be to set up a dual-boot of your
laptop. If you use the same operating system for both boots (XP)
legally you'd need an additional license and you would also need a
third-party boot manager. Set up your partitions something like this:

1. Partition1 with OS-1 with one flavor av installed
2. Partition2 where you can put data you want to share between the two
operating systems
3. Partition3 with OS-2 with the other av installed.

Malke

 

[steve]

Thank you,

I am glad I asked.

Now I can investigate writing a script or macro (if those still exist)
that can do the install and uninstall.

Steve