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Originally Posted by Blossom
Thanks I'll look into it. Hubby has shown interest in the Netbook so I'll need security if I let him near it. I'll also set up a limited account for him. He uses Facebook so you know I have to take precautions.
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Facebook isn't the problem. User ignorance is.
A limited account is the way to go on XP. Set it up for him, password protect the Administrator account, and don't tell him what it is.
Limited accounts can
run installed software but not
install stuff. Malware generally requires Administrator rights to do what it does, and bounces off if the user isn't running as Administrator.
The biggest change MS made in Windows starting with Vista was making a Power User (Limited User under XP) the default, and requiring extra steps to become Administrator. Up till Vista, the user at the keyboard was assumed to be Administrator with all powers to do anything. The NTFS file system which made it
possible to have Administrator and normal user accounts was introduced to consumers in Win2K. I've wished over the years that MS had made ordinary user the default with Win2k, but we had to wait for Vista for it to happen, and Win7 to polish it and make it easier to deal with.
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Dennis