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[WinXP] How can I create a separate user account that is completely separate from the main admin account?

• [WinXP] How can I create a separate user account that is completely separate from the main admin account? I.e. doesnt share the same programs, settings, etc I've tried this the normal way, but some programs that are installed show up in both accounts. What I'm trying to achieve is to create an account that is completely free of distractions and only has the software I need for study. I'd also like to block certain websites etc. I'd use the main admin account for leisure purposes. Is this possible?

• Answer:

  I.e. doesnt share the same programs If you look in C:\Documents and Settings\ there should be folders for three users; your main account, your separate account, and one called 'All Users' (there may also be folders like 'default user' but that's not important at the moment). If you look in the 'all users' folder, then under 'Start menu' you'll see certain programs which appear in all users' start menus. Cut and paste all the icons you don't want the separate account to access into the main account's 'start menu' folder. After doing this, it will still be possible for the limited user to access those programs if they know where the actual executables are stored. That is, there won't be a link to c:\windows\System32\sol.exe in the start menu, but they can still type it into the 'run' box. You can prevent this by, as an administrator, finding the files you don't want the limited user to be able to run, going to file properties, then under the 'security' tab removing the limited user's permissions on the file. I'd also like to block certain websites etc. You could break the website by naming it in your http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hosts_file&oldid=277819231#Blocking. Since limited users don't have write access to that file, the limited user couldn't bypass the blocking. However, that's a pretty clumsy way of doing things as you'd have to change the file whenever you were using your main account, to get access to those websites back. Alternately, certain Firefox settings http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6013296355.html; you could install a site-blocking extension in the limited user's firefox settings, then lock the settings in question so the extension could not be disabled/removed. I don't know how easy that would be, though.