LOGIN AS USER PROBLEM 2

[Guest_imported]

I have installed a program in windows 2000 under administrative privelages, however when i log in as a user, i can not access that program, does not load up. Is their anything i need to de in the registry? or any other solutions?

 

[a073235]

Do you mean you don&quot;t see the icons or it won&quot;t physically execute and gives an error? If just the icons, the program wasn't very &quot;user profile aware&quot;, and the icons can still be accessed at &quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs&quot;. You can copy them to your own profile from here as well (C:\Documents and Settings,<new user>\Start Menu\Programs). Heath
Principal Systems Engineer
Desktop and Mobile Platforms

 

[GuamBoy]

Heath is absolutely correct but I thought I might add something. I have found the following problem with proprietary software:

You can see the icons as a user who did not install the software but the file is not accessible, security violation error comes up. If so, run REGEDT32 and go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ software \ %vendor of software% \...then highlight folder and go to menu bar. Security | Permissions and then pass down permisssions to all users that need access.

Hopefully you don't have to do this, most likelty you won't, but if you do here is the resolution.

Ciao,

Thomas

 

[Guest_imported]

does not execute program as user, but works fine when administrator

 

[matahari]

I have the same problem with a few programs (AutoCad, CD Creator) that were installed under administrative priviledges and when a user logs in to run the programs, the user gets an error message.
Did anyone find a solution?

 

[prescot9]

ADMIN2K,

I think GUAMBOY has an excellent point:
Some programs, (and I don't know why), just don't handle the &quot;permissions&quot; on their own registry keys. It may seem absurd, but please follow GUAMBOY's advise before making things worse. This exact problem ran RAMPANT on NT4.0, and it's only slightly better on Win2k!

I have found that some registry keys have only the Administrator with full control, when (as my own rule of thumb)the &quot;System&quot; account should also have full control to the keys in question. You can compare the permissions to other program's keys that DO work, and make the needed changes.

Rich
prescot9@hotmail.com
Father, Geek, and MCP