Re: Is this possible?

Conor wrote:
In article <K0noj.6946$L73.522@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, citizen142 says...
Because son is a young man who no doubt goes to 'interesting' sites and dubious places I don't! The consequences of which are the whole comp gets infected.

It shouldn't be. My sis in laws hasn't in 3 years despite having teenage kids, one with learning issues, and various random mates using it.

Not all children are compulsive malware downloaders. If they are, XP user accounts offer no protection unless they're set to limited permissions, and some malware (maybe 10%, I'd say) will break through this anyway. A remarkably large proportion of software won't work on a limited user account.

A problem with the OP's plan is that a lot of malware is so badly written that it'll infect the C drive rather than the boot drive. Dual-boot setups are also risky to fix unless you know what you're doing.


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John Jordan
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