Re: Administrator vs Administrators Group

From: sunil gottumukkala [MSFT] (sunilgot_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/28/03 

Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 11:21:39 -0700

They are the same except for the name. The only reasoning I can come with is
that the app is looking for "administrator" name when the installation
starts. I have seen app devs make that kinda mistakes before. Try to contact
the app dev if possible. Otherwise, let us know what kinda error code you
are getting, may be we can infer something out of it.
thanks,
-Sunil. 

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"John Steer" <john.steer@itvision.com.au> wrote in message
news:#RDKfiMJDHA.1784@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> We have an installation problem with some software that seems to want to
be
> installed as Administrator but still has problems when installed by a
member
> of the Administrators group.
>
> What are the intrinsic differences between the two. I would have thought
> that a member of the Administrators group would have the exact same
> privledges.
>
> John Steer
> IT Vision
> Perth, Western Australia
>
>

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