Unlock updates for 1 program/folder only

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Fairly new to using XP so please bare with me. I purchased a new home PC
that has XP Home, and set up individual logins for the whole family. My acct
is the only one with Admin rights - which has been a great help in not having
to deal with spyware all the time!

What I would like to do is give my son permission to run the updates for an
online game he plays, updates that would affect only 1 folder structure.
Currently any time there is an update I have to log in and run them, and then
let him log in and play.

I won't give him admin rights or the password to my account, so I'd like to
know if there is a way to set permissions so that he can only use that update
program?

Thanks
 
Rich said:
Fairly new to using XP so please bare with me. I purchased a new home PC
that has XP Home, and set up individual logins for the whole family. My acct
is the only one with Admin rights - which has been a great help in not having
to deal with spyware all the time!

What I would like to do is give my son permission to run the updates for an
online game he plays, updates that would affect only 1 folder structure.
Currently any time there is an update I have to log in and run them, and then
let him log in and play.

I won't give him admin rights or the password to my account, so I'd like to
know if there is a way to set permissions so that he can only use that update
program?

Thanks
Click to expand...

You can give him full access to the folder in question. Click Start / Help,
then type

file permissions

in the search box. Now read what it says about setting permissions for
individual files and folders.
 
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