Re: Norton Liveupdate

From: bartman (bart_gilbert_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/15/03 

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:19:11 -0700

This creates a security nightmare because each user will
try to install all kinds of garbage software. If the
user is a member of the power users group, the updates
take place but we would like to be able to have them
update with more restrictive accounts.

>-----Original Message-----
>Actually, the user should be a local Admin to perform the
update.
>
>"Bartman" <bart_gilbert@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:42d001c37b9c$cae44ce0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> We perform an update of NAV on on of our server and have
>> written an applicationnto extract the update network
wide
>> to update all of our Workstations on the users next
>> logon. This works on all of my NT workstations but
severa
>> Xp and 2000 system won't update unless the user is a
Power
>> user or administrator of the local system. Any Ideas
on a
>> work-around?
>
>
>.
>

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