Re: QuickBooks and its users
From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 03/24/05
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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:24:59 -0700
That particular software is and has always been an administratively
unfriendly, non-conformant application, and worse, as I hear it the
company has said they have no intent to cure their (I emphasize, their)
problem in the next release.
Other than the info from MVP Susan Bradley, who is quite well
informed on use of this application, you could just google to see
the approaches other have taken. You will find a long history,
and it includes issues backing up network shared files used by
the application, not just issues simply running the app.
A responsible vendor, with minor developer time investment,
can update their skillset and software to post-Win9x patterns.
At this late date, there are however still a few vendors that have
not seen the demand stated by their customers sufficiently to see
the impact their laggard behavior has on their market share.
People need, really, really need, to be expressive to these vendors
as to the considerations that go into purchase decisions, specifically
that the admin time needed for a non-compliant app that is not
certified as made for Windows is just not worth the total cost.
-- Roger Abell Microsoft MVP (Windows Security) MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA "Backup" <backup@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:O6CPYU8LFHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > QuickBooks and its users. > > > > We have users in the office that require the use of quick books. > > I have been instructed to install it on workstations etc. What I have come > to find is that in order to even run QuickBooks you need to be a power users > (this is the lowest membership) or Administrator of the machine you're > using. > > > > This all being said poses a problem. Typically users of the system aren't > granted any rights in the domain other than Domain User. A few exceptions > have been made for some of the "SUITS" and "Programmers / Developers" whom > need full admin rights over the machine they use. This isn't the case for > every user, and I now seem to have to grant more rights to the user over the > workstation that they are using. > > > > I know. If I was the one reading this I would reply with an answer like: > "If you can't trust your users to have elevated rights on your computer(s), > then why the hell would you trust them with data inside of QuickBooks. > > > > The only answer I can get from the support at QuickBooks is that this is the > way the software works due to all the many background process that run > pertaining to their software. > > > > So. now does any one have a suggestion for me as to how I can protect my > workstations and let users use software they need to do their job with? > > > > > > > > >
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