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I am using Windows XP SP2 as my OS. I have two users, one the adimistrator with full permissions and the other with very limited permissions as this user has zreo PC skills and is just using the PC for e-mail and web browsing. After downloading Spybot S&D, of course from the Admin user profile, TeaTimer is running S&D in the Resident mode as desired for complete protection. The Spybot S&D/Resident icon is present in the Taskbar in the lower left hand corner of the display screen. However, the other user profile does not appear to be running Teatimer/Resident S&D mode and there is no Spybot S&D icon in the taskbar. Can Teatimer be run under this limited access user profile? And if not, how is this user properly protected? Protecting this user is the object of me loading Spybot S&D.
Thank you.
1.) why have you not upgraded to windows xp service pack 3? :)
See here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=68c48dad-bc34-40be-8d85-6bb4f56f5110&displaylang=en
2.) Limited users are very non-prone to infection as they have very limited rights. Therefor most spyware and malware can't run on a limited account.
See here: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/advanced/useraccount.mspx
Also see here: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/05/the_importance_of_the_limited.html
3.) Teatimer could prompt some things on a limited account, therefor possibly confusing the user...so i suggest not running teatimer with a user that is not computer alliterate.
4.) However, to run teatimer on a limited user account, i suggest doing the following. Open spybot on the limited user account, go to mode-advanced mode. Click yes. Go to tools-resident. Checkmark teatimer protection over all system active. Close spybot and restart. :)
Thank you. This is the information I was looking for. I will not up-grade to XP SP3 because of the Microsoft "True Advantage" controls it installs.
Rich