Anti-Install Software

[crip11]

Is there a program that will keep people from installing stuff on a computer unless they have a password or something. My kids keep downloading and installing junk on my pc.

 

[Shide1]

If you are running win2000 or Xp you can set a person's rights to user and they will not be able to install programs.

 

[crip11]

Minor problem..all running 98SE means these pcs are at my school and we are tight on budget...should've said students not kids

 

[crip11]

Do you understand what i want?

 

[Viper96720]

You could block downloading.

 

[crip11]

Could but we sometimes do class projects. I just want to prevent installing

 

[DaveSimmons]

Problem is that 98 / ME don't have security features / access rights the way 2000 / XP do, so no you can't.

Since you can't afford to upgrade Windows(?) you might have to get by with creating a Ghost / Drive Image backup of a clean install, then restore that as needed. Of course to do this legally you'll need to buy either 1 copy of Ghost / DI per machine, or an Enterprise version that allows multiple machine use.