Does he have any connection to the Internet?
When you set up the network, did hyou use settings for a home sustes, a business system or for use on a public system?
In a Business setup, there may be restrictions that can only be set by the person named by the company ans system administrator.
Otherwise, in a home system there should not be any restriction. He will have download priveliges. But the Anti-Virus program might stop some downloads from some sites.
Do that answer you r question?
If not, this may be what you need to know:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd919180(v=ws.10).aspxThe standard user account type in Windows 7 provides a limited set of permissions needed for most non-administrative application scenarios.
Click onl link for full details.