Re: windows 2000 administration is it really this hard?
From: Danny Sanders (Danny.Sanders_at_NO-SPAMcpcmed.org)
Date: 01/05/05
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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:53:52 -0700
> Office 2000. When I installed them on the new PC I kept an eye out for
> any options such as you mention and I don't remember seeing any.
Excuse me if I'm not 100% correct on these descriptions. In the last year
I've gone from Office 2k to Office XP to Office 2003 so I may be confusing
one with the other.
With XP and 2003 there is a screen similar to the windows explorer screen in
that the "folder" (for lack of a better term) "Microsoft Office" has
"folders" under it represented as Microsoft Office Access, MS Office Excel,
etc. At this screen you would right click on say MS Office excel and select
run all from my computer. I *think* Office 2000 is the same.
>From your description of what is happening with opening Office under another
account it sounds like these applications are set to install on first use.
> If I have to select some parameter during installation if I want all
> users to be able to use the programme; would I have to reinstall
> everything if I had started on a PC with only an Admin and then decided
> to have users later?
With Office It sounds like they are set up to "install on first use". You
can log on ad Admin and go to add remove programs - MS Office - change
features. Then when you reach the screen to choose update options for
applications, right click on each Office application and select run all from
my computer.
We use Office here. I have installed Office 2000, then Office XP, then
Office 2003, as Admin on 50+ computers over the last couple of years and
selecting "run all from my computer" and *any* user can use all the
applications.
> Should the operating system not assume that all programs installed by
> the Admin will need to be used by users on a day to day basis?
No. I install some applications on desktops I don't want users to have
access to but I need when logged on as Admin.
hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
"mark roberts" <mark@martem.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:r4qakSAVnD3BFwRI@martem.demon.co.uk...
> In message <e2ReOv08EHA.824@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>, Danny Sanders
> <Danny.Sanders@NO-SPAMcpcmed.org> writes
> >Look for applications certified to run on Win 2k or XP. They will have
the
> >option to install just for the present user of for all users of the
system
> >during the install of the app.
>
> It's all fairly fresh stuff. I have the most trouble with the Office
> 2000 apps.
> But there are other apps like games that install and work fine when I'm
> logged in as Admin but I'm at a loss as to how I should get them to work
> for other users.
> Paint shop pro 8.
>
>
> >
> >
> > All the office applications install fine with me logged in as
> >> administrator.
> >> Once I log in as a power user and try to use word say, an 'installing'
> >> box appears and I have to cancel several boxes before the application
> >> shows itself. I've tried inserting the discs as it requests but nothing
> >> works.
> >
> >Which version of Office? Did you select "run all from my computer" if you
> >are using one of the later versions of Office?
>
> Office 2000. When I installed them on the new PC I kept an eye out for
> any options such as you mention and I don't remember seeing any.
>
> Frankly I'm annoyed that its so difficult to configure.
> I've been messing about with computers for nearly a decade; I cant
> believe there isn't a straightforward way to do this.
>
> If I have to select some parameter during installation if I want all
> users to be able to use the programme; would I have to reinstall
> everything if I had started on a PC with only an Admin and then decided
> to have users later?
> Is it not the case that the Admin log on is for 'Admin' operations?
> Should the operating system not assume that all programs installed by
> the Admin will need to be used by users on a day to day basis?
> I'd imagined this to be the case and all I would have to do is assign
> privileges to each user so that they could use this app or that folder.
> --
> Mark Roberts
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