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  1. jschauf

    User account running Liveupdate

    Symantec was nice enough to inform me that the only way to run Liveupdate was with an account that has administrative rights. Has anyone been able to figure out how to allow a regular user (non-admin) account to be able to run Liveupdate?
  2. jschauf

    Allow Active-X install via group policy

    Does anyone know if anything in group policy will allow my non-admin users to install active-x controls when they go to a web site that requires one to be installed?
  3. jschauf

    stupid newbee question - how to get to command prompt

    Try start - run - CMD Then type ipconfig at the command prompt.
  4. jschauf

    Apply all hotfixes at once

    Just write a batch file to install them all like this. Thats what I do, then i reboot the system. We create a "update" logon that has something like this as its "logon script" KB834707 /passive /norestart KB873339 /passive /norestart KB885835 /passive /norestart KB885836 /passive /norestart...
  5. jschauf

    deleting script?

    If you are running a Windows 2000 Domained based network you can do this with the startup/shutdown scripts in group policy. Or you can run mmc, the add the group policy object editor, choose local computer and then add a shutdown script under Windows Settings - Scripts.
  6. jschauf

    Memory Questions

    Check out http:\\www.crucial.com Tll them what type of computer you have, of what type of motherboard you are ussing and they will tell you exactly what you need. You can use that information to either buy from them or go elsewhere on the internet to purchase your memory. I like...
  7. jschauf

    Apply all hotfixes at once

    http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp This site goes through the process All you have to do extra is integrate all the other patches into your install point. I got all but 2 of the patches to work. Maybe had I done them in a different all of them would have went.
  8. jschauf

    User account and Power Managment

    I think I have figured it out. I had to give them full control of the powercfg.cpl and full control of the following registry settings. HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/ControlFolders/PowerCFG HKUsers/.Default/ControlPanel/PowerCfg The the latter give them rights to the...
  9. jschauf

    User account and Power Managment

    I tried changing the rights to the powercfg.cpl and no change. The error that pops up on the screen is: Power Policy Manager unable to set active policy Access is denied The only way i have been able to alow the user the ability to change this is to give them admin, alow them to change it and...
  10. jschauf

    User account and Power Managment

    I am having a problem and was wondering if anyone has found a work around for this. We have some laptops that users are not able to adjust any of the power management features because they have standard user accounts. Our policy is to not give them admin accounts. Does anyone know how I can...

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