Re: Administrator Rights and Installations
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 07/07/04
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Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:43:35 +0100
Alex Ferguson wrote:
>Is there any way to run an install program on an xp machine without
>administrator rights.
>
>I refer to those beautiful files such as something.msi which seem to check
>for user rights before accessing the registry and copying files.
>
>I am hoping that there is a way to perform the install but prevent the
>install program from accessing the registry and perhaps storing any dll's
>required in a separate area on the drive.
The basic design calls for use of the registry by installed software,
and to permit installations to put dlls in with Windows components. I
think myself it would be better if windows components were very strictly
segregated, but that is the way it is.
The need to have admin rights is precisely the reason why there are the
different types of accounts; so that there is a class of user who *can*
be prevented from installing anything they feel like without regard to
consequences
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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