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XP Pro in a 2003 server environment. After I set up a new client computer and install applications while logged in as administrator, I am unable to access some of those apps when I log in as another user. What am I missing?
 
JQuebe said:
XP Pro in a 2003 server environment. After I set up a new client
computer and install applications while logged in as administrator, I
am unable to access some of those apps when I log in as another user.
What am I missing?
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What level is the user you log into next? Are they a User, Power User,
Administrator on the local machine?
Some applications (many) were not meant to be ran on a secured OS with a
filesystem such as NTFS - which can prevent some users (dependent on their
permissions level) from doing anything with them. Make the user a Power
User, see if that helps.

If you mean "unbable to see the shortcuts" - then you will have to start
utilizing (copying to) the All Users desktop/start menu.
 
For instance... as Administrator I installed the nVidia video card drivers and get the management icon in my system tray. If I log in as any other domain user it's not there. Also... tried to install Quickbooks on another system as regular domain user but was unable. Had to log in as Administrator, but then that domain user was unable to run Quickbooks. Is there a place to set which apps are accessable by which domain users... not just local users?
 
Jquebe said:
For instance... as Administrator I installed the nVidia video card
drivers and get the management icon in my system tray. If I log in
as any other domain user it's not there. Also... tried to install
Quickbooks on another system as regular domain user but was unable.
Had to log in as Administrator, but then that domain user was unable
to run Quickbooks. Is there a place to set which apps are accessable
by which domain users... not just local users?
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Regular users do not have the rights of - well, anyone. They cannot write
to the C drive, etc. Power Users have more rights, but not full rights.. I
suggest (again) you set a user up as a Power User on the local machine in
question then log in as them to see if it makes a difference.

One way to add a user to the power users group is the following:

- Log into the machine as an administrator (if in a domain, a local/domain
admin would be preferrable.)
- Open a command prompt.
- type in the following command:
net localgroup "Power Users" "username" /ADD
(if in a domain and adding a domain user:)
net localgroup "Power Users" "DOMAIN\username" /ADD
- Log off
- Log into the machine as the user you just added to the Power Users group.

Otherwise you could add the users to a special group in your AD GPOs and
change their permissions on the machines appropriately. The Power Users
test will just show you if you need the slackened rights in order to see/do
what you are trying to see/do.
 
Shenan said:
Regular users do not have the rights of - well, anyone. They cannot
write to the C drive, etc.
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"They cannot write to the C drive"?! Usually your replies are fairly
accurate, but I have to pick you up on this. Of course they can write to the
C drive - where do they save their work? This system has 1 Admin (me) and
three limited users - all can write to the C drive in their own documents
folder. Had you said "they cannot /install/ applications" then, yes, you'd
have been right, but all users can write to the drive, unless you make it
inaccessible.
 
Jquebe said:
For instance... as Administrator I installed the nVidia video card
drivers and get the management icon in my system tray. If I log in
as any other domain user it's not there. Also... tried to install
Quickbooks on another system as regular domain user but was unable.
Had to log in as Administrator, but then that domain user was unable
to run Quickbooks. Is there a place to set which apps are
accessable by which domain users... not just local users?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Regular users do not have the rights of - well, anyone. They cannot
write to the C drive, etc.
Click to expand...
"They cannot write to the C drive"?! Usually your replies are fairly
accurate, but I have to pick you up on this. Of course they can write
to the C drive - where do they save their work? This system has 1
Admin (me) and three limited users - all can write to the C drive in
their own documents folder. Had you said "they cannot /install/
applications" then, yes, you'd have been right, but all users can
write to the drive, unless you make it inaccessible.
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In a domain environment, users who have the rights of "users" on the local
machine cannot write to the root of the C drive. By default on
clean-installed NTFS systems, Administrators have complete access to
critical operating system components while Users have read-only access (or
less). This is one reason the Power Users group exists.

Limited Users in XP home are more closely related to Power Users (but not
called that) than "Users".
 
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