Re: Windows 2000 / Win XP "Restricted Mode" Does it exist?
From: Louis Solomon [SteelBytes] (louis_at_steelbytes.com)
Date: 09/16/03
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Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:52:37 +1000
in some corporate & educational enviroments that I have met, this is the
case. ie no write access to c:\program files.
-- Louis Solomon www.SteelBytes.com "Marty Egan" <martyegan@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:74ca126c.0309150755.7d216539@posting.google.com... > My apologies for cross-posting this one. I did it because this > question crosses a lot of boundaries, and I don't know what this > vendor is talking about, so am not sure how to narrow it down. > > We have a large distributed application here that includes an agent > running on remote systems - "Service Agents" (SA). The SA perform > network tests and upload results to a web server. The results are > temporarily buffered on the SA until it is ready to upload them. In > the previous version of this app, the buffered test results (and the > SA log file) were stored in "C:\Program Files\Service Agent", which is > the application's directory. In the new version, the results and log > file are kept in "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application > Data\APPLICATIONNAME\". Obviously, I've taken my company and the > product names out of the above paths. I've also modified the vendor's > responses below to remove the vendor's name and so on, but the > meanings are substantially the same. > > Below are the vendor's explanation(s), which I think are hogwash. My > guess is that there is maybe a Win2k / XP logo requirement that they > are following, but that they are explaining the change as this > "restricted mode" thing (see attached) to sound more knowledgeable > than they really are. > > Could anyone give me their take on this? > > Is this "restricted mode" documented in the MS SDK or any MS security > documentation? I have already tried searching Google (normal) and > Google Groups. > > Thanks > > Marty Egan > > > > ########################################## > Here's a paragraph from their documentation > ########################################## > > Windows - Restricted Mode > Windows 2000 and Windows XP include a Restricted Mode which does not > allow the editing of any files under the Program Files directory. This > prevents the agent from writing any output into its installation > directory under Program Files. As a result, on Windows 2000 and XP the > agent writes its output under the > application data directory, for example: > > C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\APPLICATIONNAME\ > > > > > #################################################################### > Here's their email respose to us (when we queried their Tech Support) > #################################################################### > > Dear Customer, > > The buffer file is located in the C:\Documents and Settings\All > Users\Application Data\APPLICATIONNAME\ directory on Windows 2000 and > WinXP because of the > > their restricted mode setting which doesn't allow the editing of the > files under Program Files. > > > Thanks, > > Customer Support Agent > > ############################ > Here's their email back to us: > ############################
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