CandieDenise wrote:
i am the administrator, but i want to be able to let other users
share some programs, such as aol without having to use my username
to access it.

Create the other accounts and log in as them.

For the most part - if the programs are modern/updated/written correctly and
installed in such a way that they created shortcuts in the All User's
profile as opposed to only your profile -- then they should see a smilar
desktop, similar start menu and be able to run the applications in most
cases.

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