Re: Need Administrator Rights to Install 3COM Diagnostics

From: Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP] (cwshultz_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:36:24 -0400

Firewall,

I am not sure that this has anything to do with the number of groups of
which your user account object is a member. I would think that it is simply
a matter of either being a member of the computer's local Administrators
group or not.

There is a lot of software that requires that the domain user account object
that you are using when attempting to install software is a member of the
local computer's Administrator group. This is because of access to registry
keys and folders. As a member of the local computer's Administrator group
you have everything. As a member of the local computer's Users group - or
to a lesser degree of the local computer's Power Users group - you have
limited access to those registry keys and folders.

I might suggest that you go to http://www.sysinternals.com and take a look
at filemon and regmon. This will show you what I mean.

Again, I am not sure that the number of domain groups of which the domain
user account object has anything to do with the installation on local
computers. But, then again, what do I know? ;-)

Cary

"Firewall" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:260f01c4a4e8$3959f060$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> We are using 3COM's embedded firewall product with the
> 3COM network cards model 3CRFW103. When I go to install
> the 3COM diagnostics for the card I receive the message
> indicating I am not an administrator and the install
> fails. I am an administrator and can install any other
> software product witout a problem.
>
> I have narrowed down the problem this far. If I have 1 to
> 19 NT groups assigned to my NT ID, I can run the 3COM
> diagnostics install program. If I have 20 or more NT
> groups assigned to my NT ID, I receive the message that
> says I do not have administrator rights and the install
> fails.
>
> I reported this problem to 3COM and they don't feel this
> is a problem with their software and suggest I contact
> Microsoft to see if this is a problem with the OS. I am
> not sure exactly what 3COM is getting at. Why would the
> number of NT groups assigned to my NT ID cause me to loose
> Administrator rights with the 3COM Diagnostics program?
>
> Firewall

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