how can i prevent people from installing software...?

[Mrhank]

Hello fellas, quick question. How can I password protect any type of software installation on win7? Is there a way to do this without having to create another user account without admin privileges? I just want to have my account, but i share my laptop so i just want to make it so that if anyone tried to install something, they would need a password.
Is this possible? Kinda like on a Mac, where you have to type your password for every installation....

thnx

 

[Jonathan_King]

First, make sure the account you are trying to protect is a standard user, not administrator.

Then turn UAC on: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/299-user-account-control-uac-change-notification-settings.html

Then, in order to install programs, they will need to enter an administrator password.

 

[logicearth]

Administrator Tools > Security Management > Local Policies > Security Options > "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode" (near the bottom) > select "Prompt for credentials on the secure desktop"

 

[Mrhank]

thnx for the quick and amazing replies. I'm new here and loving every minute, awesome forum with awesome members.

thx guys

 

[Mrhank]

Uhm, I tried both things, none of them worked for me... any suggestions???

 

[Bill2]

What software are you testing with?

 

[chev65]

Hello fellas, quick question. How can I password protect any type of software installation on win7? Is there a way to do this without having to create another user account without admin privileges? I just want to have my account, but i share my laptop so i just want to make it so that if anyone tried to install something, they would need a password.
Is this possible? Kinda like on a Mac, where you have to type your password for every installation....

thnx

It's best to create a guest account for the user in question and have them use that account which will prevent them from installing anything or messing up your private account. Just give them a password for the guest account and you would need to keep your password secret to your own account.