Is it possible in XP to set up multiple users and restrict or remove access
to some or all of the programs in a particular profile. The wife isn't
interested in my business/finance programs, I'm not interested in seeing her
hobby/game programs and the kids don't need access to either.

I'm also having a couple of glitches caused by programs automatically trying
to set themselves up in all profiles by default and then messing up the
whole ordeal so that only the profile in which they were installed can
access them, but every one else can still see them on the start menu (even
though they can't use them). I'd like to do a bit of house keeping and clean
that up.

Pat Glenn wrote:
> Is it possible in XP to set up multiple users and restrict or remove access
> to some or all of the programs in a particular profile. The wife isn't
> interested in my business/finance programs, I'm not interested in seeing her
> hobby/game programs and the kids don't need access to either.
>
> I'm also having a couple of glitches caused by programs automatically trying
> to set themselves up in all profiles by default and then messing up the
> whole ordeal so that only the profile in which they were installed can
> access them, but every one else can still see them on the start menu (even
> though they can't use them). I'd like to do a bit of house keeping and clean
> that up.
>
>
Since your wife is presumably trustworthy, couldn't you simply delete
the icons and the program names from the start list after you've set her
up as an additional user? They could still be started by clicking on
their file names but wouldn't be "visible".

"BobCP" <ctcboater@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Pat Glenn wrote:
>> Is it possible in XP to set up multiple users and restrict or remove
>> access to some or all of the programs in a particular profile. The wife
>> isn't interested in my business/finance programs, I'm not interested in
>> seeing her hobby/game programs and the kids don't need access to either.
>>
>> I'm also having a couple of glitches caused by programs automatically
>> trying to set themselves up in all profiles by default and then messing
>> up the whole ordeal so that only the profile in which they were installed
>> can access them, but every one else can still see them on the start menu
>> (even though they can't use them). I'd like to do a bit of house keeping
>> and clean that up.
> Since your wife is presumably trustworthy, couldn't you simply delete the
> icons and the program names from the start list after you've set her up as
> an additional user? They could still be started by clicking on their file
> names but wouldn't be "visible".

No doubt that would work for her, but what about the "mischevious crowd?"

I have the additional complication that I sometimes need to allow clients to
use the guest account for my home business purposes. While I'm sure they are
also somewhat trustworthy, I wouldn't want to have a lapse of personal
security if one of them should decide to have a momentary lapse of
propriety.