How to block some programs to Limited Account in XP ?

[PsyKing]

Hello!!

I Just installed the windows XP, and i created 2 users, i'm the administrator, and the other one, is limited account, and i want to block some programs for Limited Account, because i had Windows 7, and it has this option to block specific programs to Limited Account.

Thanks!!

 

[raybay]

Please clarify... you have installed Windows XP, and Windows 7? Tell us more about your system and configuration. Microsoft has instructions online that might be helpful.

 

[DelJo63]

hmm; which programs are you attempting to control?

The common setup is to install into \Program Files and the installer places a shortcut
in

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\product name folder\shortcut here​

If you MOVE that shortcut to the Admin profile

C:\Documents and Settings\AdministratorUserId\Start Menu\Programs​

then only AdministratorUserId will see the program under the START menu.

That will be sufficient for someone that is naive in windows.

It does not inhibit

• the use of anything in the \windows or \windows\system32,
  so run->cmd->filename will still work as the %PATH% statement is unaffected
• does not inhibit one from navigating the disk to find the program manually, eg
  
  c:->\Program Files\Product Name Dir\program.exe​

To inhibit a knowlegeable computer user, you need to change the NTFS permissions,
but that can be risky unless you've done this before