Thanks for the feedback and I might give it a try. Normally, I run as a limited user which works well, but after installing an Acrobat link into Outlook 2007, Outlook only works completely while running as an administrator. Yes, Thunderbird is my main email program but some of my other programs (photo) require using Outlook in order to work.
Richard P. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > It was a clever method to trick WinXP into running Firefox with lower > than administrator rights. The idea being that would lower the risk of > having malware installed. > > Alas, it worked too well. You couldn't even update Firefox with it > running in restricted mode. I worked around that myself for a while, > but I found my less savvy users really couldn't grasp the concept. So > I've stopped using it even on older machines. > > And of course, Vista & Win7 offer more protection by default anyway. > Although both will set up users as admins by default, I can lower > someone to a standard user and they can operate the machine just fine > and never even notice it. And yes, I do that for myself also. > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Richard P. <richs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Tony, awhile back I think you mentioned a program called "Drop My >> Rights". How has that worked for you and will you provide details? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
