Archive for the ‘User Privileges’ Category
IBM Client Access in Windows 7
Posted by: ds in Compatability, User Privileges on April 19th, 2011
Yet another older program having issues in windows 7. This time the program runs well enough, it’s just that it doesn’t seem to complete the installation and you don’t find that out until you log in as a non-admin user. You get a message “An Administrator must logon after restarting windows to complete the installation” . The wierd part is you don’t get that mesage when logging on as an admin. It seems that UAC is getting in the way of client access install finishing up registering some DLLs that you don’t really need anyway. To help CA install cleanup you simply need to go to c:\programs files\ibm\client access\ and run cwbsreg.exe as administrator. That will register four dlls, clear the marker file and remove it’s self from the HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run key. This is for Client access 5.3 It may be applicable to other versions but I’ve not tested that.
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SQL 2008 Sillyness
Posted by: ds in Microsoft Server, User Privileges on June 29th, 2010
In server 2008 (and probably other versions as well) if you need to add a user or group local to the server as an SQL user, you get the following lovely error: “Error 15401: Windows NT user or group ‘%s’ not found. Check the name again. ” Domain accounts add fine, but not local accounts. Well, SOME local accounts add fine but other ones don’t Now isn’t that silly? Turns out that any predefined local accounts or groups like “administrators” or “system” need to use the domain “BUILTIN” and not the server name as the domain preface. Problem solv-ed.
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Older Autocads in Windows XP
Posted by: ds in User Privileges, Windows Desktop on June 7th, 2007
Yep - yet another older program that needs a little bit of help to run in Windows XP without being a local Administrator. To Get it to work right here’s what ya gotta do….
Grant the Users group Modify permissions to: C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT98
For Autocad 2002 Modify the permissions on the following folder: C:\Program Files\Acadm 6
To fix the error: “This version of AutoCAD LT was not installed properly. You should reinstall AutoCAD LT immediately.” Open regedt32 and goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AutoDesk\
Click “Security - Permissions” then click the “Advanced” button. Double Click the line containing “Users - Read” and check “Set Value”, “Create Subkey”, and “Delete”.
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To fix the error: “Failed to update the system registry. Please try using REGEDIT.” Open regedt32 and goto:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5E4405B0-5374-11CE-8E71-0020AF04B1D7}
Click “Security - Permissions” then click the “Advanced” button. Double Click the line containing “Users - Read” and check “Set Value”, “Create Subkey”, and “Delete”.
AND
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoCADLT.Drawing.4
Click “Security - Permissions” then click the “Advanced” button. Double Click the line containing “Users - Read” and check “Set Value”, “Create Subkey”, and “Delete”.
Update: For Autocad 2002 modify permissions on the following registry keys…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoCAD.Drawing
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AutoCAD.Drawing.15
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{8E75D913-3D21-11d2-85C4-080009A0C626}
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Accelerated Reader and other Renaiassance Learning programs as a restricted user.
Posted by: ds in User Privileges on September 28th, 2006
Yep, yet another annoying program that demands admin rights. Here’s how to get around it…..
Accelerated Grammar & Spelling, Accelerated Math 2.1 and above, Accelerated Reader 6.3x, AR BookGuide, Accelerated Vocabulary, Accelerated Writer, MathFacts in a Flash, STAR Early Literacy 1.5, STAR Math 2.1x, and STAR Reading 2.4x use the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Renaissance Learning folder to store their preference files. You must give access to this Renaissance Learning folder, rather than individual files. Grant the local Users group Modify rights to this whole folder.
Also, I usually grant the local Users group modify permissions to the folder the program installs in, but you may not need to do this depending on the version.
Lastley, if you are still having problems look for the following files (probably in the Windows or Winnt directory) and grant the Local Users group modify permission to the file.
All Products: ALSBIGC.DAT, ALSBIGC.FPT, ALSPREFS.INI, ALS_Temp
Specific Product files:
Accelerated Reader 5.x and higher - ACCREADR.INI
Accelerated Math - ACCMATH.INI
AR BookGuide - AR_Bkgde.ini
STAR Reading 2.x - STARREAD.INI
STAR Math - STARMATH.INI
STAR Early Literacy - EARLYLIT.INI
Perfect Copy - PRFCPY.INI
Quickbooks as a Restricted (Non-Administrator) User
Posted by: ds in Quickbooks, User Privileges on September 25th, 2006
Yep, another annoying program that demands admin rights. Here’s how to get around that…..
Registry permissions:
The Users group must be granted “Set Value” and “Create Subkey” on:
HKLM\Software\Classes\QuickBooks.CoLocator.1
HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{E53C85D6-E6D9-4BCF-A632-72062A99AA7F}
HKLM\Software\Classes\.qpg
HKLM\Software\Intuit
The Users group must be granted “Full Control” on:
HKLM\Software\Intuit\QuickBooks
File permissions:
The Users group must be granted “Modify” (write + delete) permissions on:
C:\Program Files\Intuit\QuickBooks
Don’t forget, there may be a policy in place that prevents the installer from running as a normal user. This will cause problems when applying patches or updates. You can chose to change the installer behavior by having it run with elevated privileges. Not neccissarily a great idea and a topic for some other time.
DS