[smitty870]

I have a Win7 SP1 Pro x32 machine that I would like to setup 2 users on. 1 is going to be user and the other would be administrator. Is there a way to give the user slightly more security to allow them to download updates for and run anti-spyware software such as spybot? It seems as a user you can run spybot, or super antispyware, but not download updates.

 

[Computerpete]

You will have to change the user profile permissions
This may help
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/122666-permissions-allow-deny-users-groups.html

 

[smitty870]

That was unsuccessful spyboy still complains that I am not an administrator. It was a good thought and thank you!

 

[shawnpb]

If you are on an Administrator account you still have to right click on spybot and select "Run as administrator" on Windows 7. If you are on a standard account (limited) you can not run spybot unless you provide a password but spybot's functions might be limited in finding spyware on a limited account.