- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: jharbst
I'm not much of a PC expert, and I'm having some trouble and thought maybe someone here could help me out. My dad's a little overly cautious about viruses and stuff, so he's made us all limited accounts in XP. This significantly reduces your abilities with the computer, you can't even install new programs. I was wondering if anyone knew of a way around this, and maybe I could install programs somehow...there's a few things, that I would really like to install, but my dad won't even think about making me an administrator. If anyone knows, help would be appreciated.
If your computer is a single computer and not part of an intranet then the is no need for a ****** account system, it just clogs up the damn RAM. If you are afraid of viruses get an anti-virus program and keep it running 24-7. The only way to deal with viruses (once you got them) is to quarantin them and deleate all infected files. The best way to avoid viruses is to not get them! They nomally come as attachments to E-mail or as trogens in downloads... Make scaning all files a regular process; from external sorces to your main computer, including all external storage systems (CDs,DVD,floppies etc.) and downloads, E-mail. Delete all suspected files!
All trogens, worms and hacking programs are ether inbeded in .zip, .exe and .dll files, SCAN THESE!!!
Hackers can be kept out by fire walls. KEEP FIRE WALLS ON AT ALL TIMES When on the internet and the intranet.
Hope it helps.