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setup XP home for a friend with popup blocker, spywareblaster,ZA, etc. Should all these programs be active on all accoubts or do I have to set them up for all different acoounts?
I think they are supposed to be active for all accounts. I never thought of it the way you put it. I've always set up 1 account for the clients and let him set up the others as he see fits. You may want to try it on your friend's machine and see how it work.
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OK, Thanks. This is a REALLY DUMB PERSON!!I guess I will have to go back and setup each account. But maybe I am dumber than she is . LOL!. Thanks for the try. I thought if you set these programs up in the administraters account they would work for all but I guess not. Thanks again.
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That's what I thought but will have to investigate further. Tried to do do it over the phone but DUH!! Will keep you apprised but may take a few days. Thx.
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"This is a REALLY DUMB PERSON!!"
blonde ?:)
Stupid sexist joke - I know, so you may report this for removal!!!
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ahhhhh per ... this one is for you
Installing software under Windows XP Home Edition
http://www.jimthompson.net/xphome/InstallingSoftware.htmQuotes:
How to Install Software on a Multi-User XP Home Computer
Install software from the administrator's account. Users with limited accounts cannot install new software on the computer.*
Check the packaging. Is the program certified to work in XP? There is no Internet database of software that has been proven multi-user XP-compliant, so administrators need to be careful about installing software that might not work properly.
1. Software known to be multi-user XP-compliant
Install to C:\Program Files. By default this is a secured folder on an NTFS drive, meaning that in XP Home limited users and the programs they are running can only read from the folder, not write or delete. That will work fine for any software certified to be compliant with XP, but might not be good enough for legacy software.2. Software that might not run properly on a multi-user XP computer
Set up an alternative folder to C:\Program Files. Maybe call it C:\Programs Legacy.
1. Option a. On an NTFS drive give that folder r/w/d (read/write/delete) privilege attributes for all users. This enables non-XP programs to write to the hard drive, bypassing the C:\Program Files folder. It also "unsecures" the folder, meaning any user can access it, even those with limited privileges. Apparently this is an old technique that has been around for decades in the NT/2000 world. To change the security settings for the folder containing the program on an NTFS drive, see "The CACLS Command" below.
2. Option b. On a FAT32 drive the folder is unsecure anyway, so no need to try to give the folder r/w/d privileges. In fact it won't work. Just go ahead and install.
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