Re: How to work with unprivileged user

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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:07:13 -0500

Daniel wrote:
> I have WinXP professional and want to work with unprivileged user.
> The question is how do I install programs for that user. If I use
> "Run As" to run installation as Administrator or just install from
> Administrator account, some programs are installed for Administrator
> only. What I do now when I want to install some program for
> unprivileged user is I make that user member of Administrators,
> login and install program, then I remove the user from
> Administrators group. Is there an easier way??

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Most of the time what you are seeing is just startr menu/desktop
> items not being created when you install as an administrator. Don't
> make someone an administrator just for an installation. Using "Run
> As" or logging in as an administrator usually gets the application
> installed fine.. You then need to manually copy/move the shortcuts
> to the application to the appropriate folders so the user(s) can
> see/use it. (All Users is usually a fine choice.)
>
> There will be programs that require some "fiddling" to get them to
> work with NORMAL user accounts.. Such as file/directory permissions
> - perhaps opening up as few as a single file to read/write by
> "users" - sometimes even registry values must be given special
> permissions to allow a "user" to run them.
>
> It's the wonderful world of the system admin.. Give as little as is
> needed to do the job while maintaining productivity - otherwise they
> may be able to do too much and ruin all your work anyway..

Daniel wrote:
> What about registry entries that some programs add to
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER? If I run installation as Administrator those
> entries will be added to HKEY_CURRENT_USER of Administrator only....
>
> Thank you!

Should be fine and still there... What people seem to miss with
HKEY_Current_User is that there are only parts of it replaced by the users
NTUSER.DAT file when those entries are loaded. Some entries are cross-user.

If your applications aren't just unbelievably archaic, they will either
write in one of those areas that won't be overwritten OR they will recreate
what they need as the user runs it the first time in their registry
settings.

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