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[Robert Lindholm]

Hello:

I'm having trouble making the necessary adjustments for an end user without
local Administrative control on a Windows XP Pro PC to perform basic
backup/restore operations with a SimpleTech external USB hard drive using
ArcSoft TotalMedia backup software, short of granting Administrative control
of the machine, which is practically implementable.

I've tried several possibilities [below] without success and am wondering if
there is a way to create an icon on the users desktop that will run the
ArcSoft backup software with Administrative privilege?

- Made end user a backup operator.
- Transferred ownership of directories to end user.
- Adjusted permissions to Modify on directories for end user.
- Adjusted Program Files and Registry settings associated with ArcSoft
software.

Any suggestions regarding option above or other solutions would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Robert Lindholm]

Need to make a correction to the original post:

Granting Administrative control is NOT practically implementable.

Sorry for the confusion...

Bob