Re: Allowing a non-admin user run a program

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Billiken66;641005 Wrote:
Well, that's not doing it! It certainly enabled me to change the
security
properties of the folder where the program resides, it still won't run
without an admin password.

I get a window, coming from User Access Control that says:

"An unidentified program wants access to your computer" with a
warning
about running unidentified programs. If you want to continue you have
to
enter the password for MY account, which is the only user account to
have
admin rights.

Anybody got any other suggestions.

"John Myers" wrote:

If this is the same program I installed recently (Typing Instructor
for Kids)
then I would first note that this issue is due to the fact that the
program
in question is not Vista-comaptible. In fact, it is not compatible
with any
version of Windows that came after Windows ME. The issue is that the
program
requires modify access to its installation folders in C:\Program
Files, which
is unacceptable, of course.

On the other hand, the issue is easy to fix: Simply give your
mother-in-law
access to that folder. Right-click on the folder that the program is
installed in, click on the Security tab, the click on the "Edit"
button
(administrator access required at this point), click on Users, and
put a
check mark in the Modify field. That should do it.

"Billiken66" wrote:

I've successfully installed a typing tutor program on my Dell
Inspiron 1720
running Vista Home Premium. I have no problem using it, but I
really
installed it for my mother-in-law to use. She does NOT have an
admin
account. If she tries to run it, it asks her for the admin
password. I
don't want her to have the admin password, BUT I DO want her to be
able to
use this program.

Surely, it is possible to do this with Vista's <Oh so wonderfully
new and
enhanced> security. I haven't figured it out yet. Can someone
tell me how
to do this.

Thanks1 > > > > > >

I realize this thread is old, but I recently installed the same program
(Typing Quick & Easy) and had the same problem, this time in a school
setting (need to let the students access the program on their own
non-admin accounts), and I thought my workaround the UAC (it's program
specific) is a little easier on the non-techie than doing stuff like
running the program as a scheduled task.

The User Access Control warning here is actually a result not of the
typing program itself, but of the file "ISI Updater.exe". If you just
want to run the program and not worry about running an updater every
time, you can just run the file "TypingInstructor.exe" instead, and it
should start up the typing program with no UAC problems.

To do this, just find the file in Program Files>Typing Quick & Easy and
either run it from there or make a shortcut to it and put it wherever
you want.


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