Hi;

We have a problem where one of our customers has installed our
software which is an AddIn to Microsoft Office. The registry entries
that tell Word where to find this AddIn cannot be accessed by any
user, even when the user logs in as administrator and and does a RunAs
as the administrator.

He is not on a domain and got his computer from BestBuy where they
"optimized" Vista for him. One interesting thing - his account has no
password and it will not let him set a password (an interesting
approach to security).

Any ideas?

thanks - dave

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"David Thielen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi;
>
> We have a problem where one of our customers has installed our
> software which is an AddIn to Microsoft Office. The registry entries
> that tell Word where to find this AddIn cannot be accessed by any
> user, even when the user logs in as administrator and and does a RunAs
> as the administrator.
>
> He is not on a domain and got his computer from BestBuy where they
> "optimized" Vista for him. One interesting thing - his account has no
> password and it will not let him set a password (an interesting
> approach to security).

Yeah. Allow users to log on easily, but don't let them do anything once
there. )

Often when sufficient user rights seem insufficient on Vista, it is the
integrity mechanism at work. Mandatory Integrity Control or Windows
Integrity Control (MIC/WIC).

ps - this is Vista Home Premium. Is there something special we need to
do in our installer when setting registry values?

thanks - dave


On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:44:35 -0600, David Thielen
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi;
>
>We have a problem where one of our customers has installed our
>software which is an AddIn to Microsoft Office. The registry entries
>that tell Word where to find this AddIn cannot be accessed by any
>user, even when the user logs in as administrator and and does a RunAs
>as the administrator.
>
>He is not on a domain and got his computer from BestBuy where they
>"optimized" Vista for him. One interesting thing - his account has no
>password and it will not let him set a password (an interesting
>approach to security).
>
>Any ideas?
>
>thanks - dave
>
>david@at-at-(E-Mail Removed)
>Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
>me -- http://dave.thielen.com
>
>Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm


david@at-at-(E-Mail Removed)
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm

David Thielen wrote:
> ps - this is Vista Home Premium. Is there something special we need to
> do in our installer when setting registry values?
>
> thanks - dave
>

http://www.randem.com/vistainstalls.html
http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/3695651