Re: Help Please re. User Rights???

From: Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\) (user_at_#notme.com)
Date: 12/02/04

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    This is beginning to sound suspiciously similar to a file ownership issue.

    Note, file ownership and permissions supersede administrator rights. How
    you resolve it depends upon which version of XP you are running.

    XP-Home

    Unfortunately, XP Home using NTFS is essentially hard wired for "Simple File
    Sharing" at system level.

    However, you can set XP Home permissions in Safe Mode. Reboot, and start
    hitting F8, a menu should eventually appear and one of the
    options is Safe Mode. Select it. Note, it will ask for the administrator's
    password. This is not your administrator account, rather it is the
    machine's administrator account for which users are asked to create a
    password during setup.

    If you created no such password, when requested, leave blank and press
    enter.

    Open Explorer, go to Tools and Folder Options, on the view tab, scroll to
    the bottom of the list, if it shows "Enable Simple File Sharing" deselect it
    and click apply and ok. If it shows nothing or won't let you make a change,
    move on to the next step.

    Navigate to the files, right click, select properties, go to the Security
    tab, click advanced, go to the Owner tab and select the user that was logged
    on when you were refused permission to access the files. Click apply and
    ok. Close the properties box, reopen it, click add and type in the name of
    the user you just enabled. If you wish to set ownership for everything in
    the folder, at the bottom of the Owner tab is the following selection:
    "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects," select it as well.

    Once complete, you should be able to do what you wish with these files when
    you log back on as that user.

    XP-Pro

    If you have XP Pro, temporarily change the limited account to
    administrative. First, go to Windows Explorer, go to Tools, select Folder
    Options, go to the View tab and be sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is not
    selected. If it is, deselect it and click apply and ok.

    If you wish everything in a specific folder to be accessible to a user,
    right click the folder, select properties, go to the Security tab, click
    Advanced, go to the Owner tab,
    select the user you wish to have access, at the bottom of the box, you
    should see a check box for "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects,"
    place a check in the box and click apply and ok.

    The user should now be able to perform necessary functions on files in the
    folder even as a limited account. If not, make it an admin account again,
    right click the folder, select Properties, go to the Security tab and be
    sure the user is listed in the user list. If not, click add and type the
    user name in the appropriate box, be sure the user has all the necessary
    permissions checked in the permission list below the user list, click apply
    and ok.

    That should do it and allow whatever access you desire for that folder even
    in a limited account. 

    -- 
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
"uswalker" <uswalker@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:14C4EB8E-536B-4021-872C-BBD891679951@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for taking time to help me.
>
> Yes, it is a legal version, I've already spoken with Intuit (QuickBooks) 
> and
> they told me it is a Windows XP problem (sound familiar) and I assumed 
> they
> would have told me if there are conflicts with the downloadable version.
>
> Just had a technonerd out for two hours ($120 later) and the problem is
> still there.  Have called Intuit to send me a hard version for download. 
> I
> had Intuit's QUICKEN which I had purchased and never downloaded and did so 
> to
> see if this was still a problem ... loaded just fine.  The technonerd 
> thinks
> it's some kind of bug, so we've been running Norton on safe mode as well 
> as
> numerous other programs to see what's up.  No solution and tired of 
> trying.
> Will get some other software that will do same job.
>
> Thanks again for your time.
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> First, if you downloaded QuickBooks, is this a legal version?  If you 
>> mean
>> by download you installed QuickBooks, is it a version of QuickBooks that 
>> is
>> compatible with XP and have you checked the Intuit website for any 
>> updates,
>> patches or information as well as with regard to this specific issue in
>> their knowledge base, www.intuit.com.
>>
>> I'm assuming that not only are you the only user but that you only have 
>> one
>> user account on your system and you've installed QuickBooks to that 
>> specific
>> user account.  If you have set up additional user accounts on your 
>> system,
>> make sure QuickBooks is installed in the user account in which you wish 
>> to
>> use it as many applications are not compatible with a multi-user
>> environment.
>>
>> Also, if you only just purchased QuickBooks, Intuit's tech support should 
>> be
>> free for an initial period, 30 days if I'm not mistaken but it's been 
>> awhile
>> since I checked.
>>
>> -- 
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "uswalker" <uswalker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:0881F08A-53BA-48FF-88C3-1419B442ED50@microsoft.com...
>> >I recently downloaded QuickBooks.  The installation ran OK, after I 
>> >turned
>> > off Norton, yet when I got to open program I get the following 
>> > message...
>> >
>> > "Windows XP and windows 2000 users must have Power Users or 
>> > Administrator
>> > group rights in order to run QuickBooks.  Please contact your system
>> > administrator about being granted those rights."
>> >
>> > I am the only user on my home edition XP pc; I am the admnistrator and 
>> > I
>> > can't seem to get this program open.
>> >
>> > Would sure appreciate any help before I have to call $ tecky.
>> >
>> > Thank You
>> >
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > louie
>>
>>
>>
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