Register DLLs as a Non-Administrator and Writing to System32

[jstiegelmeyer]

Does anyone know if there is a way to Register DLLs and OCXs using Visual Basic code and API calls if the user is logged in as a Non-Administrator?

Also, I am downloading files from our ftp site to the user's System32 folder, but I can't do that either unless the user is an administrator, or the administrator has given the user privileges to write to the System32 folder, which most administrators are unwilling to do.

I realize these are separate issues, but I think they may be linked. If there was a way to mock an Admin login using API calls, that would be very useful. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Jamie

 

[jstiegelmeyer]

I guess I'll answer my own post in case someone else has the same question.

First of all, a nonadministrator can download files to the System32 folder if they have been given write priveliges to that folder. This means the adminstrator must give them rights. Unfortunately, I haven't found another way to do this.

I found that once that is finished, the user is able to register DLLs and OCXs using the appropriate API calls, even if he is not an administrator.