Re: W2K admin/security issue with other users

From: Moi? (dasubscribe@marble.net.au)
Date: 11/26/02 

From: "Moi?" <dasubscribe@marble.net.au>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:12:28 +1030

Seems to me that the application is user specific. Try making the user an
administrator while you install it, and remove these rights afterward. This
will prove this point.

There are some applications that require administrativr access. Maybee you
need to look on the vendors web site to see if this is the case
"Steve Pugh" <stejud_pu@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:O#KG32TlCHA.1768@tkmsftngp04...
> If 'it' is the user account, when I created his account I made him a user
> (as opposed to a super user or admin).
>
> If 'it' is the application, I installed the app using an admin login.
>
> That's all.
>
> "Moi?" <dasubscribe@marble.net.au> wrote in message
> news:e4PFxERlCHA.1768@tkmsftngp04...
> What exactly have you done to restrict it?
> "Steve Pugh" <stejud_pu@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OG#fQRIlCHA.2412@tkmsftngp12...
> > I am running W2k on a Compaq machine that is used by other family
members,
> > one of which likes to install and re-install applications. In order to
> > prevent this I made all accounts restricted except mine (and admin of
> > course). Issue is when I log on and install an app for him, he cannot
run
> it
> > when logged on as himself. Gets an error stating the OS cannot see the
CD
> > drive. I have been working around this by running the app as a different
> > user (me) but this gets old.
> >
> > Is there not a way to set security/access for particular applications in
> > W2k?
> >
> > tia
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
>
>

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