Power User Vs. Admin

From: Chris Cairns (ccairns_at_hampton-hampton.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 01:01:13 -0600

Is there any documentation that describes the exact differences between a
power user and members of the admin account? I have an application that
will not run unless users are admins. I really can give them admin access
but I know that the app does not work if they are power users. Therefore I
suspect the issue lies somewhere in-between.

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