Re: Quickbooks

From: Javier Gomez [SBS MVP] (javier_gomez_at_remove.this.engineer.com)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:00:19 -0500

Hi John,

Quickbooks requires Local Administrator Rights (not Domain Admin Rights)...
this is far less worse because they can only change stuff in their
computers.

However, there are ways around this. I personally don't deal with QB that
much but you could probably give them restricted user access to those users
and allow them to have unlimited access to the corresponding registry hives
and folders.

I'm sure somebody will give you a more detailed procedure on how to do this
specifically for QB. If not, then I will try to help you myself.

I don't think you will ever see this on a MS site... because the problem is
that QB programmers don't follow the "proper" programming rules. In fact,
I'm sure if you call them they will tell you that you *need* to grant them
Admin right to run it. 

-- 
Javier [SBS MVP]
<< SBS ROCKS !!! >>
"John Haddock" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:e7f201c40b94$ff458cf0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Installing Quickbooks in SBS2003 seems to be an ongoing
> nightmare. Once installed on a workstation it appears to
> require "Standard User" rights to be able to run and the
> only way I have been able to get it to run on a user PC
> is to have them run it as Domain Administrator -
> definitely unsatisfactory.
>
> I have searched this newsgroup plus the Google groups for
> references on how to install Quickbooks 2003 or 2004 on
> client PCs in a SBS 2003 network. There are several
> references to this, all of which have lost me through
> their lack of detail and insufficient clarification
>
> Is there a standard approach whereby one can do this
> properly and not have the user run as administrator to be
> able to access both the Quickbooks files on the network
> and the Quickbooks application on the PC?  Preferably in
> the form of: log on as administrator, set up profile,
> whatever is required - if it is that simple.... !
>
> If it can be defined it would be most useful to have this
> in a Knowledgebase article on the Microsoft site. Unless,
> of course it is a complete misunderstanding on my part of
> the rights and authorities of the the users and how to
> set up a profile...
>
> Thanks in advance

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