Admin rights without being an admin

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I want to allow admin rights to my nephew, such as being able to run certain programs without it asking for the admin password, but I don't want to make him admin, as that will not allow parental control timers to be set up on his account. ;)

Thanks in advance for any help. :)
 
No can do, huh? It's annoying - if he wants to install a game, it asks for admin password and it also asks it for other basic tasks as well.
 
You can make him the administrator, and change the permission in the program that you don't want him to use, such that he won't be able to modify that without your user account.

Find the program file (or shortcut), right click on it, and select Properties.
Now, in the Security Tab, you'll find "to change permissions, click Edit". Click on Edit.

Remove the user-name of your nephew, or, in the "Permissions for <Nephew>"
click on Deny for the services you think he shouldn't use.
Best would be to remove him from the list, because that should be enough to stop him from being able to use that software.

Abhas added 14 Minutes and 16 Seconds later...

Edit:

Oh crap, just re-read your question, and it seems I didn't understand it properly the first time.
I'm assuming you're using Windows 7.
Try this (Not sure it'll work, but worth a go):

Click on the start menu, and click Run. (Or, windows key+R)
now type: control userpasswords2 and press enter
An advanced user accounts module will come up.

Tick the "users must enter a username and password to use this computer" if it's not already ticked.

Now click on "Add" to add a new user. > Enter Username and other details and press next. > Enter password if you want, and press next, otherwise, just press next.
In the following screen, Click on the radio button that says "Other" and in the list, select "Power Users"

Click Finish.
It should create a new user account with a type "Power User".
Try the parental control software if it allows that account. Also, try to install some software/game and see if it asks for the admin password.

If it works, good, else, you need to go back to control userpasswords2 screen, and select the user and click properties.
Now in the group membership tab, select a different type of user (Try HomeUser)

If that still doesn't work let me know.. we can try something else as well.
 
Ah yes, making him a 'power user' might well do the trick - I learned about them a while back. Strange Win 7 doesn't provide that as a visible option. Anyway, thanks for your help and I'll give it a go. :)
 
I don't think it worked. There is no 'power user' option visible in the list (I'm using Windows Home Premium 64bit) and selecting 'HomeUsers' causes his icon to disappear from the logon screen. No idea what the other options do, but they don't sound like the sort of thing I should be enabling.
 

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