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Old June 21, 2010, 07:05 AM
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is there an easy way to prevent a standard user account from installing programs under windows 7 x64? i would like an easy to use program to control it. it's for a newbie friend to prevent her brother from installing crap on her computer.

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Old June 21, 2010, 07:14 AM
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Just make a user account for them limiting them to not being able to install programs without admin log in
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Old June 21, 2010, 07:24 AM
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These items can all be controlled by using an Admin account to modify the UAC in Win 7.
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Old June 21, 2010, 07:47 AM
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DOH............ did'nt have the damn slider up high enough.
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