How to make my programs work with all users??

[Evanisto cortez Jr.]

I want to make programs like ad-ware run under a limited
account. I also want my pop up blocker to start up under
any account too. I managed to get the pop up blocker to
work by placeing the complete file under the all users
file and then hideing the files so they would not show up
on the desktop. but I dont think this is the way to do
it. nothing I install shows up under any of the other
account. I am ready to intall a bunch more programs on
this computer that I need all users to have use of.

 

[noone]

Login as administrator
Make Everyone a power user.
Add a user who has admin rights on the domain to the
administrators group.
Login as that user.
Install the software and set up the pc the way you want it
to be for all the users.
Log the user out and login again as administrator.
In My Computer/User Profiles Click Copy To.
Browse to Local Disk (C):, Documents and Settings,
DefaultUser and click OK to replace the Default User.
Click the Permitted to Use button and add Everyone.
Delete the user that you created.
Now anyone on the domain can login and use the stuff you
installed.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

This is quite common if the software was designed for Win9x/Me, or
if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly designed. Quite
simply, the installation routine for this application doesn't "know"
how to handle individual user profiles, or the application tries to
make changes to "off-limits" sections of the registry. Quite often,
you can make this software available to other users by _copying_ the
Start Menu folder and Desktop folder shortcuts from the user profile
from which the software was installed in the corresponding folders in
the user profile(s) in which you'd like the software to be accessible.
If the application is something that can/should be made available to
all current and future users, copying the shortcuts into the
corresponding locations of the All Users profile will do the trick.

NOTE: This may not work if the software requires access to parts
of the hard drive and/or registry that are not normally accessible to
regular users. (This won't occur if the application was properly
written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're left
with two options: Either grant the necessary users appropriate higher
access privileges (either as Power Users or local administrators), or
replace the application with one that was properly designed
specifically for WinNT/2K/XP.

Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307091

Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:

"If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
is the default.

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r

If you still have a problem with running the program or saving
settings on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on
the registry keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app,
where "vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your
specific program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users
full control."


Bruce Chambers

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