Re: Flash Install needs Administrator Rights

From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 06:22:00 -0400

Lanwench,

It is true with Flash. It will install so far ( that nice little blue line
will go from left to right only so far ) and then you receive an error in a
nice little box stating that access to some path was denied....

Cary

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> In addition to Oli's sage reply - I haven't seen this with Macromedia, but
I
> have often run into software that wants to be installed as "administrator"
> itself - the local admin account. Have you tried copying the install files
> to the local workstation, logging in as local admin, and installing?
>
> Agree that putting users in the domain admins group is dangerous even for
a
> wee test.
>
> Scot Welker wrote:
> > Now that I'm tired of banging my head against the wall, I wanted to
> > post this question:
> >
> > I am trying to allow users to install Macromedia Flash on their local
> > workstation. Our Group Policies give users non admin rights but I
> > have made the users both Domain Admins and Administrator rights from
> > AD without effect on the install. It still tells me I have to be an
> > admin user to install the software. Do I actually have to physically
> > add these people at the workstation to be administrative users on the
> > domain? I tried adding them at the computer level in AD with
> > administrative rights...again no effect. I thought by making them an
> > administrative user at the server level would allow them admin rights
> > to the workstation. I'd rather not have to walk around to every user
> > and hear about the latest story about their kids. Can I not handle
> > this on a server level or am I screwed?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
>

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