administrator privildges

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Is there a way to grant other users permission to run specific programs without granting them administrator privilidges? Seem control panel only allows administrator or limited. If the progrm does not run with limited have to grant them administrator.
 
Jim said:
Is there a way to grant other users permission to run specific programs without granting them administrator privilidges? Seem control panel only allows administrator or limited. If the progrm does not run with limited have to grant them administrator.
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Hi

One way is to use Sysinternals RegMon/FileMon utilities to find what registry
keys/file system folders the application need write access to and set rights
accordingly for the locked down user account (http://www.sysinternals.com)
 
Please see the following, particularly the "workaround" section of the
following KB Article:

307091 Certain Programs Do Not Work Correctly If You Log On Using a Limited
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307091

If this doesn't work, see the following:

285909 How to Troubleshoot Program Compatibility Issues in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=285909

294895 How to Obtain the Windows Application Compatibility Toolkit
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=294895

304530 HOW TO: Use Compatibility Administration Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304530

294416 HOW TO: Use Qfixapp.exe in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=294416

301911 HOW TO: Use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=301911

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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/security/default.asp

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http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/security/default.asp

Top 10 Windows Newsgroups Security Questions:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp?url=/technet/newsgro
ups/nodepages/sectop10.asp

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| From: "=?Utf-8?B?SmltIEc=?=" <[email protected]>
| Subject: administrator privileges
| Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 08:31:09 -0800
|
| Is there a way to grant other users permission to run specific programs
without granting them administrator privilidges? Seem control panel only
allows administrator or limited. If the progrm does not run with limited
have to grant them administrator.
|
 
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