Limit users

I am in the middle of re-installing Win XP home for my grandma. I want to prevent anyone to install anything on her pc. My cousins go over there and install things. I need to load stuff right away, and maybe down the road, but when she hits the power button, and boots up into windows, I don't want anything to be able to get installed! How do I do this? I will wait to go through the setup till I know, Thanks....Bryan

 

A grandma using PC. Now that is cool.
Perhaps you should have the admin user profile locked with a password only you would remember, give your cousins a second profile and let them play, surf, anything but instal programmes. That is quite a simple sollution. I bet the other guys can suggest a restrictive utillity or something.

 

They are not gonna get an account!!!! Ha Ha I just need to know how to limit her account so you can not install any programs... She just uses it for e-mail,

Thanks, Bryan

 

been messing around tonight. With her account set to limited, I can download all the programs I want, and start the install process, As soon as the installer tries to write to the disk, it says "ha ha you ain't got permission from Bryan" (not really, but you get the point)
So.......I believe that I got it working......I did password protect it, but Granny leaves pc on mostly anyways.
Thanks for the help, Bryan

 

Do you want you grandma to be able to download and install stuf? Although I don't see what kind of programmes would a grandmother use in her PC.

 

therse a few good versions of hearts avail for download. there are also some good programs, possibly free, that dont allow downloading. same idea as networks at ajob place. Maybie just asking the kids not to would help. kids these days are smart, if they want in , they are in...Possibly the respect line will work. Possibly kids these days dont have any