Question about passwords

I had Boot Camp on my work MBP and have installed parallels. Frankly, since upping the RAM I haven't had enough time to figure out how much I'll like it, but I'm hopeful. I do notice that everytime I launch Parallels, I have to enter my admin password twice. To quit it I have to do it once. OK. I can live with that because my user is admin on the machine.

Now, here's the issue. My daughter needs a MB for school. I'm going to get her one. I needs to be dual boot. I'd like to use Parallels for this rather than Boot Camp, but I'll be darned if I'll give her admin access to the computer. (I want to keep some parental controls in place.) Is there a way for her to do this. Is a different install of xp -- not through Boot Camp -- the way to go?

Suggestions appreciated.

 

No way discovered yet. There have been several discussions on this. It boils down to the permissions given to the volume directory... If you give the permissions needed to mount the partition, you are usually giving the permissions needed to control the rest of the data on the HD.

The way to go is definetly not using a BootCamp install, just use a virtual HD. Parallels creates one by the default install.

 

So, would it be correct to say that if I didn't use Boot Camp and just used parallels, that password would not be necessary for the user?

 

That is correct. If you use a .hdd file (the type that Parallels automatically creates), you should be able to use Parallels in a non-admin account without an issue, or needing an admin password (you may need an admin password for initial set-up).