User on a XP Pro SP2 computer, workgroup, not a domain.
I am setting up a user to have minimal access, ie. only running preinstalled
applications. Everything is working fine except one program that they can't
run. It will run if I run it as a user with admin rights.
How can I grant access for this local user to run this program without
making it a power-user?

In the shortcut properties click the "advanced" button - this will allow you
to run the application as a different user than the one logged on.

"Proud Papa" wrote:

> User on a XP Pro SP2 computer, workgroup, not a domain.
> I am setting up a user to have minimal access, ie. only running preinstalled
> applications. Everything is working fine except one program that they can't
> run. It will run if I run it as a user with admin rights.
> How can I grant access for this local user to run this program without
> making it a power-user?

This solution, if I'm not mistaken, requires you to enter the
username/password of a local user with appropriate privelages everytime you
want to run the program. I want a solution that is more permanant.

"mtstream" wrote:

> In the shortcut properties click the "advanced" button - this will allow you
> to run the application as a different user than the one logged on.
>
> "Proud Papa" wrote:
>
> > User on a XP Pro SP2 computer, workgroup, not a domain.
> > I am setting up a user to have minimal access, ie. only running preinstalled
> > applications. Everything is working fine except one program that they can't
> > run. It will run if I run it as a user with admin rights.
> > How can I grant access for this local user to run this program without
> > making it a power-user?

You can use a batch file to provide the username but my understanding is that
it will always prompt for a password.

If you don't want any prompts then the question is what specifically is
causing the application to fail? Is it trying to install something or just
access a folder the user doesn't have permissions to?

"Proud Papa" wrote:

> This solution, if I'm not mistaken, requires you to enter the
> username/password of a local user with appropriate privelages everytime you
> want to run the program. I want a solution that is more permanant.
>
> "mtstream" wrote:
>
> > In the shortcut properties click the "advanced" button - this will allow you
> > to run the application as a different user than the one logged on.
> >
> > "Proud Papa" wrote:
> >
> > > User on a XP Pro SP2 computer, workgroup, not a domain.
> > > I am setting up a user to have minimal access, ie. only running preinstalled
> > > applications. Everything is working fine except one program that they can't
> > > run. It will run if I run it as a user with admin rights.
> > > How can I grant access for this local user to run this program without
> > > making it a power-user?