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Password for instalation of program

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Name: paulanka2000
Date: April 17, 2007 at 01:00:56 Pacific
Subject: Password for instalation of program
OS: vista ultimate x64
CPU/Ram: 2.4 1
Comment:

you know when windows asks for permission to instal a program i want it to ask for a password too.
I just want the password feature so no one else using my computer installs stuff on it thanks


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Response Number 1
Name: rousou
Date: April 17, 2007 at 02:35:31 Pacific
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Do not give them administrator rights. limit the functions they can perform


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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser
Date: April 17, 2007 at 05:21:59 Pacific
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First password protect your own account if you are the sole adm. Thereafter no one can install programs without knowing your password. It's that simple.

i_XpUser


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Response Number 3
Name: heropsycho2177
Date: April 17, 2007 at 06:24:12 Pacific
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The other solutions are better, but if you also want to protect against this if someone does a simple "session hijacking" by using your computer after you walked away and forgot to log off, do the following:

Open your Local Policy Editor and set "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode" to "Prompt for credentials".

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