RE: lab user logs on because they have no rights to install

From: sigmund (sigmund_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/30/04


Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:05:02 -0800

You could create a user group with the rights to install that specific
product, but I think that you'd need to be adept with Windows user management
as well as with Windows registry permissions. I would think that an easier
resolution to this problem would be to install Adobe Reader on all of the
relevant computers using your administrator account.

"CajunClickers" wrote:

> On our club 25 node network, the adobe reader installs everytime a PDF file
> is opened.
> This works OK for me with my administrator's rights.
>
> But it hangs when a lab user logs on because they have no rights to install
> adobe reader.
> How can this be changed?
>
> Which method / procedure is found in XP help to explain how to change the
> Adobe reader install from the administrator's rights to also the user
> rights?
>
>
>



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