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kiss_my_ash wrote:
> i am the administrator on my computer..i have a password pretoected
> account. i want to download a program on my account.....but only my
> account. i dont want it to b available/visible to ne other user. how
> do i go about doing this? thank you - ashley
Shenan Stanley wrote> Are the other users adminstrators?
> Then it truly cannot be done.
>
> Although the installation of a GOOD application these days gives you
> a choice when installing (available to Everyone or just you) - that
> usually just dictates which start menu it copies the icons to (ALL
> USERS or yours.) You can give the illusion it was installed just for
> you by putting the icons for its use only in your start
> menu/desktop.. But if anyone else has permissions to the folder in
> which you installed it, then they can run it. So you have to be the
> only administrator and change the file/directory permissions in such
> a way that only you have access to the program.
Friendly wrote:
> Install the program in the "My Documents" and make sure the folder is
> set to private. Then delete any shortcuts the program may place in
> the start menu of other users or choose not to install shortcuts at
> all.
Security by obscurity..
As I said, you'll accomplish the "illusion" that it was installed just for
you using the "Friendly" suggestion, but if the other users are
administrators - an illusion is all it is.
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Shenan Stanley
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