Need a couple of things…

Uh, if you create a user that isn't an Administrator, the only way they could make themselves an Administrator is if they had the password of another administrator on the computer.

edit: Scratch that, if you create a "limited" user (or just a normal user,) they cannot make themselves an Administrator. And in order to do things that requires an administrator account, they will probably be passworded or denied.

User privliges are such an easy and powerful thing to use. Make use of them to protect folders and files.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Domino

The main problem being that it's my parents PC and they don't have a password for their area so she can keep changing her area back to 'Administrator'. I guess i could try and persuade my parents to set up a password on their account.

If they can't bother to put a password on the administrator account, they don't deserve to be able to use it.

Password that shit.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Kaiten

Just make your parents power users. They won't see any difference unless they try to make system wide changes. It's not as restrictive as Limited User, so they should have elbow room to do what they usually do on the PC.
BTW Power user accounts can't be made through normal methods on Windows XP, you'll have to use the Computer Management tools located in the Administrative tools in both the Start Menu and Control Panel.

But if he has XP Home, power users are pretty much impossible to create.

I'm only assuming he has XP Home based on the wider distribution of Home vs. Pro.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.