Re: Rights Issues (i think) with domain pc's
From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 06/03/04
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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 15:19:41 -0400
It could very possibly be true. As Jazz says, Quickbooks and other Intuit
products are the same way. So are like 80% of the kids' games I've tried to
install on clients' home networks. Sloppy developers seem to find work
everywhere.
walter wrote:
> I understand all this, but....
> Surely it cannot be the standard way with Word Perfect (which is a
> fairly mainstream app) that..well, lets put it this way.. say you
> install WP using a GPO to 25 workstations ( or in this case, 25
> already installed workstations)..to then have to manually go to each
> of these systems an give the users rights to use that app... well,
> that seems a bit 'retarded' to me if true.. lol and there are
> plenty of networks out there using WP without this need..., I
> think....../sigh
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:OucsdTXSEHA.3812@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> walter wrote:
>>> I'm not really sure where to post this question, so I'm trying
>>> here.......
>>>
>>> I've inherited a small network. W2k server and several pc's running
>>> WP10 and WP11...
>>> I noticed that all users on the network were given Administrative
>>> rights (at the domain level, all users are part of the administrator
>>> grp Domain Administrators)
>>> I don't think this is such a great idea, so I want to remove them
>>> from this grp so they are members only of the Domain Users grp--This
>>> is the standard way a network is setup, I believe.....
>>
>> Absolutely!!!
>>>
>>> You probably know that a member of the domain administrators grp
>>> by default is given administrator rights to the local XP computer
>>> they are logged into. So, right now, they are administrators of the
>>> local pc as well as the network.
>>>
>>> My problem is this. When I remove them from the domain
>>> administrators grp, WP does not work correctly,e.g.-there are
>>> certain functions that no longer work (spell check for one) When I
>>> put them back into the Admin grp, then everything works again.....
>>
>> If absolutely necessary, you can add Domain Users to the local
>> administrators group on each computer. Maybe do that right now, and
>> then when you have more time, troubleshoot the WP issue - maybe
>> check their support site to figure out what they need right to.
>> Would PowerUsers do it? Etc etc etc.
>>
>>>
>>> there must be a rights issue then on the local machine......?
>>>
>>> But why? A standard network user does not have domain admin
>>> rights........
>>
>> Absolutely true.
>>
>>> No doubt, WP was installed by a user with domain
>>> rights, but still, why is it needing admin rights to operate?
>>
>> Because it's written badly? That's the usual culprit. Still, as
>> mentioned above, if they have *local* admin rights, it ought to work
>> - domain admin is WAAAAY overkill and a bad idea.
>>
>>> What can I do to fix it?
>>> Where should I even start to look?
>>> My next step when next Im there, is to add the network user as a
>>> user on the local machine with admin rights (this will make him a
>>> admin for the local PC, but not for the network) and see what this
>>> does.........
>>>
>>> I suspect that things will then work correctly again, but that is
>>> not a solution...
>>
>> Agreed. But it will buy you some time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any insights or comments, or outright solutions would be greatly
>>> appreaciated..
>>>
>>> If anyone knows of a better place to ask this question, I would
>>> appreaciate that info too.....
>>>
>>> I'm grasping at straws,,, ANY thoughts.....
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