Re: Limited User Accounts

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu)
Date: 08/16/02


From: "Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNOSPAM@asu.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 23:41:25 -0700


"John Hillier" <jmhillier@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:293301c2449a$a5aee4b0$2ae2c90a@phx.gbl...
> How do I enable certain programs that I have installed
> as Administrator to run on my Limited User Accounts?
> Presently I get an error message stating the program can
> only be run by an Administrator. I want to enable some
> programs to be accessible for Users with out giving full
> permission to sensitive files/apps.

This depends on the app. If you are getting this graceful
message, then very possibly it is something internal to that
application. Usually the app just fails ungracefully due to
a permissions problem, most often cured by granting Users
group Change on the app's installation directory.

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Roger Abell
MS MVP (Windows Platform), MCSE, MCDBA
Associate Expert - Windows XP ExpertZone
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


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