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I am from a small school in MT and we have XP problems.
Mostly programs that have to load under administrator
will only run under administrator...i really don't like
students with admin priviledge...any ideas?
 
Ted said:
I am from a small school in MT and we have XP problems.
Mostly programs that have to load under administrator
will only run under administrator...i really don't like
students with admin priviledge...any ideas?
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Right-click the shortcut or application's executable, select Run As...,
and select the radio button in the lower portion of the window to run as
The Following User; select Administrator and enter the administrator's
password. They will be able to run the application as Administrator, but
won't have full Administrator rights and privileges to the PC.

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There are a few things to do.

Search google for this problem and you will find
a couple years worth of responses on how to handle
the situation.

Visit the website of the software maker. They have
in cases provided updates that comply with Windows
logo specifications, or directions on what to tweak so
that members of Users (limited/restricted accounts)
can run the software.

If the application was written for an older Windows
version, try setting the application compatibility mode.

Often, the solution is as simple as granting Users modify
on the directory structure where the application is installed
(or better, only a part of it). Sometimes this is not enough
and one also needs to grant write to the apps registry keys
and/or other filesystem areas.
 
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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