what types of files can a regular windows user execute?

If you set your computer users up as only Windows user level users then what
types of applications can they successfully execute? I know a lot of
applications require administrator rights in order to install but it seems
some things even a regular user can install.

The main reason I ask is that I am concerned with regular users potentially
downloading something malicious unknowingly and then executing it.

 

"biff" <biff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If you set your computer users up as only Windows user level users
> then what
> types of applications can they successfully execute? I know a lot of
> applications require administrator rights in order to install but it
> seems
> some things even a regular user can install.
>
> The main reason I ask is that I am concerned with regular users
> potentially
> downloading something malicious unknowingly and then executing it.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

If things go as planned, software that they are able to install and/or
execute shouldn't be able to affect other users of the machine, or the
system itself. They may be able to execute malware that affects their
own user space.