I'd be concerned if it had an option to save files, as it means it could be used to browse things that should be unaccessible to a normal user. As well as provide a means to alter file permissions and actually give them the upper hand. What sort of programme is this? How did it get "approved for Windows", even given MS's tenuous grasp on the basics of secutity. NO "user" programme should ever need adminstrator privilege. Most programmes run by an administrator don't need adminstrator privilege. That's why professional adminstrators have ordinary user accounts for use most of the time. If it's in a school environment surely they have enough problems with "smart" kids trying to break the system without having a programme which runs with adminstrator privilege. Too many programmes can be used to run other applications from inside the same security environment. If that's Adminstrator, there went the system security. Of course you could just remove the Adminstrator password. I've always said that computers have no educational merit, anyway, so have no place in schools. ;) beama 04-02-2005, 06:16 PM Although I agree with Graham L's coments, there are programs that I have experanced that do require admin privileges to run (Sims2 for example). But there are ways round this which can be a securty risk in itself. I am talking of registry permissions. Alot of these programs that require admin privileges to run need that privilege because they need to write information to the registry of