Re: Running an application with Admin rights
From: Joey W. (JoeyW_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/02/05
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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:45:08 -0800
I am still looking for any help on this issue.........
"Joey W." wrote:
> I am having a similar issue as Alvin does not with QB's but with a game
> called "Monopoly" which is located on D drive. Each Drive is designated for
> its own purpose D: is Disignated from Games only. I am the administrator on
> XP Home, I have emailed Atari and they gave me directions so that the other
> users can use the game under their user names (Limited Access). I have
> created the shortcuts for the game on each user. They then said to right
> click and Run As: the boxes that are checked are "Current users" and right
> below that is also checked "Protect my computer and data from unauthorized
> program activity" What Atari told me to do is select "The Following user:"
> Enter the Administor Name, My name appears automatically in the pull down
> window. I enter my password and Okay. I can select the shortcut from the
> desktop and the game will start perfect no problems no errors.
>
> This is where I need your help and I beleive if I understand Alvin's
> Question correctly, but with a different software, is....... in the Run
> As, under "the following user" Administrator Name. How can I have the pswrd
> automatically stored with out having to be there in person to enter the pswrd
> or to give them the pswrd. These are Limited Access Users which I do not
> want to have Administrative Rights But the only way the game will operate is
> with Administrative Rights, And if I give them my pswrd what is the point to
> having them have limited access on the computer.
>
> In one of the postings by Bruce Chamber's he suggested to do this:
> "If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
> limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
> program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
> is the default.
>
> C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c
>
> where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.
>
> If you wish to undo these changes, then run
>
> C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r"
>
> I dont know if that will help because my problem with the Application is on
> my D and not on my C drive.
>
> If you can help or help me find the answer to this question I would be
> greatfull and so would my 3 teenagers, I have been working on this for 3
> days now since I have been contacted by Atari and nothing seems to be working.
>
> "Kelly" wrote:
>
> > And QB Support said?
> >
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=QuickBooks+Database+Limited+Users
> >
> > --
> > All the Best,
> > Kelly (MS-MVP)
> >
> > Troubleshooting Windows XP
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
> >
> >
> > "Alvin" <alvin_g@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> > news:udMYOOe$EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Hi, I could use a little help here.
> > >
> > > I have 5 workstations running Windows XP Pro peer-to-peer in a workgroup.
> > > I installed QuickBooks on the workstations and want all users to access
> > > the same shared database. The problem I am having is QB's requires the
> > > user to have admin rights to the local workstation. Is there any way to
> > > configure XP
> > > to always run QB's or any application for that matter, with admin rights
> > > even though users only have limited rights? I looked at the Run As option
> > > and unless there is something I missed, it requires that someone
> > > authenticate with admin rights, and the rights are only elevated until the
> > > application is closed.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alvin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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