Re: Some Software Will produce error or not run in XP

From: Shenan T. Stanley (newshelper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 10/29/03


Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:45:03 -0600

Losgadas <> wrote:
> I have users upgraded from W2K SP4 to WinXP SP1. However,
> I have found several software that will produce errors in
> Windows XP with users who do not have local admin rights
> to their PCs. The same software will run fine with local
> admin rights in Windows XP. These software work fine all
> the time in Windows 2000. Software types: MGI Photosuite
> IIISE, Fiery Remote Scan, World Time Clock, Paperport 7.
> Some people suggested it might be a device driver issue.
> However, these software work fine when users have local
> admin rights. Seems to be a rights issue perhaps. Anyone
> else experienced these problems? Any ideas? THanks in
> advance.

Security *is* more restrictive in XP than 2000.
You could look into a more loos "security template" and/or start giving
special permissions to files/directoryies and registry sections manually.

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