Does Firefox respect user account control rules for windows xp sp3, anything to do specifically to enable that ?
xp sp3 1.5g R / 2.46g P4
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- 1)Does Firefox latest version obey/confirm to the rules for user account control for windows xp sp3 ?
- 2)Need I do anything specific at the time of installation and/or setting up/configuring preferences ?
- 3)Or do I need to install Firefox separately for the limited users or in each users account ?
- 4)Would it be possible/desirable/necessary to install it directly into some folder of the user other than the common program files folder ?
- 5)In any of these situations, should I or should I not make the installation with 'Run As' admin privilege.
- 6)If I install separately for the user/s, with/without admin privileges, will the install write to , or enable user activity to write to, the other common windows folders(where user write is otherwise disallowed).
Please kindly clarify. I am waiting for an answer before I reinstall Firefox and a lot of other apps(these were done earlier before creating the user accounts. Please note that I do not mind installing separately for any/all users. But security will be my preference as much as possible(PARANOIA). I am having to deal with a couple of users who cant understand all this and the folks are too old to understand. Thanking you in anticipation neoser
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A far as I recall from when I did use XP the procedure was to install Firefox using an Admin account, preferably the Administrator account.
By doing that the Firefox installer would create Firefox within the programs directory. And each separate user account could then use Firefox. Importantly each user account has a Firefox profile and so have their own separate and individual bookmarks, cookies, passwords, cache etc.
IIRC UAC was not available for XP. Permissions and what you could do would also differ; I seem to remember; depending on whether it was using FAT or NTFS. In some setups a knowledgeable admin account user could probably fully access any other account.
You should only install Firefox as Administrator and never set Firefox to run as Administrator as that will make you more vulnerable to security issues.
You can install Firefox in its default program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\) to have it available for all users.
You may have to allow Firefox in your security software for each user separately if you have problems with running Firefox as a limited user.
On Windows XP you can only update Firefox as Administrator and not as a limited user.