I'm pulling my hair out....help!!!

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Thanks Bill, I'm already all up to date. I'm behind a hardware firewall as
well. I'm a little concerned about trojans and things of this nature. If
one ever gets on my system, then it can and most probably will wreck my
system.

Lonnie
 
Hello,

Normally it is not good to use the administrator account as your main
account is what it really means. Now as for a user creating an account with
admin rights, it is also usually not a good idea because of what could
happen if someone gained access to your account. Now, if you have your
system pretty well protected, then I wouldn`t worry about what others say.
My personal computers, my account has admin rights, but I`m behind both a
software and hardware firewall, plus running active and passive spyware
protection programs as well as a good AV. Now in a working condition, it is
advisable to use either a poweruser or user level account, plus most IT
Admins won`t let anyone but the IT staff to have admin rights.

Now in the case of you trying to make a new account with the same name, the
reason is, you can`t have two files or folders in the same directory or
folder with the same name. Also, how would the computer know the difference
between Lonnie (admin account) with Lonnie (user account). You have to make
them different, so in your case it would either have to be Lonnie1 or Lon,
etc. Like for me, I have 4 computers on my home network which is a
workgroup setup, not domain. I have two accounts on each computer, one is
Jeff, the other is Jeffs, one has admin rights, the other has poweruser.

Now as for programs not working properly due to user rights, that is kinda
unusual. Usually all programs are designed to run under user level
accounts, unless that particular program requires the user to make changes
to the program setup, which I doubt. I am the network admin where I work
at, and I have installed a lot of application software on user computers,
under the administrator account, but the user, with user rights only have no
problems with the software.

The one particular program you briefly describe, makes changes or prevents
changes in files and folders that normally requires administrator rights.
You might be able to change the permissions on that particular program to
allow a poweruser or user level account to run it as an administrator. For
those programs, go into its properties and under security see if you can
change the rights and permissions of your account that has poweruser or user
level to be able to do full admin rights, just for that program.

Jeff
 
jeffrey said:
Now as for programs not working properly due to user rights, that is kinda
unusual. Usually all programs are designed to run under user level
accounts, unless that particular program requires the user to make changes
to the program setup, which I doubt. I am the network admin where I work
at, and I have installed a lot of application software on user computers,
under the administrator account, but the user, with user rights only have no
problems with the software.
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The software manufacturer says that because MS doesn't allow users without
admin rights to mess with the registry, then I have to have an admin account
to install/use it.

You might be able to change the permissions on that particular program to
allow a poweruser or user level account to run it as an administrator. For
those programs, go into its properties and under security see if you can
change the rights and permissions of your account that has poweruser or user
level to be able to do full admin rights, just for that program.

Jeff
Click to expand...

If what you mean is right clicking on the program and going to properties,
then I can't see anything remotely similar to "security" or any way of
altering how the program functions. If I'm interpreting you wrong as to the
procedure of getting to that point please correct me by telling me how to get
into the properties of the program and alter security.

Thanks for your time and effort

Lonnie
 
Now as for programs not working properly due to user rights, that is kinda
unusual. Usually all programs are designed to run under user level
accounts, unless that particular program requires the user to make changes
to the program setup, which I doubt. I am the network admin where I work
at, and I have installed a lot of application software on user computers,
under the administrator account, but the user, with user rights only have no
problems with the software.
Click to expand...

Actually, if you have User level accounts you can't initialize an
installed copy of MS Office 2000, XP or 2003 for a users. QuickBooks
will not run unless the user is a local Administrator.

I really hate how MS has forced us to make local users Administrators in
order for Office to setup the first time a user runs it.
 
Hi,

Sorry for the late response, I`m plus 9 GMT, so was not at work when your
responded. Usually if you go to the executable file itself, for example, on
my desktop I have the shortcut for Adobe Reader 7.0, but the real .exe file
is in my my program files location, I go to the actual file and right click
on it. You should have several tabs and one of them is security. In there
you can change some of the properties of the users who can access that file.
I don`t know if you can give enough rights to the user profile to that file
but its worth a try. Only other thing I can recommend if you do not wish to
have the user account with admin rights is to be a power user. Power users
should have the ability to adjust register settings as well as the ability
to install programs.

This problem is actually both the software manufacture fault as well as
Microsoft for creating certain software that requires users with admin level
rights to run an application program. But most application programs can run
under a user level account. But if your running this from a home computer,
not on a company intranet, then another suggestion is to have an admin level
account just for those programs that require that level of rights, then a
plain user or power user account for daily computer needs. I know its more
of a pain to switch account for something that both MS and the software
manufacture screwed up on, but its the only other way to limit using an
account with admin rights.

Oh, I don`t know if it was stated, but another reason not to use the
built-in administrator account as a main account is, if the profile gets
screwed up, then your pretty much screwed in trying to use or repair the
computer. I have a few spare test computers and will try to see if I can
manipulate some programs that require admin rights to run under a power user
or user level account. I haven`t tried it before, but this will also help
verified if what I suggested is doable or futile.

Jeff
 
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