Re: WordPerfect
From: Jan Burbage (jburbage@lex-co.com)
Date: 01/14/03
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From: "Jan Burbage" <jburbage@lex-co.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:23:57 -0500
Danny,
Thanks so much! With the link you gave, our tech was about to figure out we
could add Domain Users to the Power User group on each computer and this
would take care of our problem for all users for all legacy software - we
think. It works for WP 8 and 6.1 and I will be testing others starting
tonight. Thanks again. Jan
"Danny Sanders" <Danny.Sanders@cpcmed.org> wrote in message
news:ObKgdC1uCHA.440@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> This is one of the problems you will run into using Win 2k and "legacy"
> apps. Win 2k's security is tightened down considerably more that Win NT
4.0.
>
> You might try putting the user's domain account into the local power
user's
> group, or even in the local administrator's group. Either one is better
than
> putting them in the domain admin group.
>
> You could also test the compatws.inf security template that "relaxes" Win
> 2k's security to more closely match Win NT 4.0's security.
> See:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269259
>
> I would test this on one computer and see if after applying the template,
if
> you still have problems with your legacy apps before using group policy to
> apply it to everyone.
>
> hth
> DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
>
> "Jan Burbage" <jburbage@lex-co.com> wrote in message
> news:u8tMnZ0uCHA.2424@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > We have several copies of WordPerfect 8 which were working on a Win2000
> box
> > just fine. We are a business
> > and had profiles for other users to use the same icon to access WP8 and
> > these were working just fine on each pc. We are now trying to us this
> same
> > pc and software work in an Active Directory environment. However, when
we
> > roll the profile (pc) to a profile for the domain, the WP8 icon doesn't
> work
> > (doesn't do anything - no error messages - like you never clicked it)
and
> > if you drill down to the software itself on the hard drive and run it
from
> > there, you get an error message that says the "WP8 caused an error and
> that
> > Windows needs to shut it down and you will need to restart the problem".
> > When you do this, it just does that same thing - can't open WP8. WP8
says
> > it can not initialize. If you sign on to the box with Domain Admin
> rights,
> > everything works fine. So we know it is a rights thing of some sort.
We
> > would like a solution if you have one; but will take information about
> what
> > exactly is WP8 checking for as it initializes. Like I know WP checks
for
> > prints for it will tell you
> > that no printers have been set up in your printer folder if that were
the
> > case (it isn't here) but what other things is it doing to check the
> > environment? Thanks for your help. Jan
> >
> > PS we are having a similar problem with our WP 6.1 - says it can not
find
> > BIF file but it can - everyone has the rights to the software as far a
the
> > server is concerned. Have deleted BIF file and still does not work.
> > However, if I sign on it works - I have Domain Admin rights. Help
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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