Re: Legacy Applications

From: null (null_at_pc.net)
Date: 08/11/03 

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:02:20 -0400

Devin wrote:
> Hello, i am currently encountering a problem that is very
> frustrating for me and the rest of our IT department. We
> are working on upgrading all of the computers on our
> network from 98 to XP. The problem we are encountering
> is that nearly all of the programs used by the agency
> were written by members of the IT dept. using FoxPro and
> they were done for 98 originally. Everything runs
> perfectly fine for a user logged in as an administrator,
> but any other user setting (User, Power User, etc...)
> does not allow the program to run correctly. We
> obviously do not want to give admin rights to all 300
> employees that may be logging into the computers but no
> other options seem to let the other users run the
> programs correctly. ANY ideas would be so greatly
> appreciated as we have tried everything we can think of
> to get this working. Thanks ahead of time.

One thing you could try is to use Run As...

Shift-right-click the .exe file or the shortcut and choose Run As. Enter
a user account to run the program, such as an Administrator account.
Now, you don't want to have to be there to put in the username/password
every time. So, when the Run As dialog box opens, select "The following
user", enter an Administrator's account name and password and click OK.
   From then on, the user will have Administrator rights - for only that
application. 

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