Guest Niteowl Posted August 14, 2008 Posted August 14, 2008 Hi all, I'm the volunteer IT guy at a small charter school, all computers are XP Pro SP2. One of my teachers just installed an older program, it did not offer to install for "all users", she installed under the "teacher" profile which is an admin acct, but I need to link it to a limited acct for "students".. is this possible? Is it as simple as dragging a shortcut to the "student" desktop folder? ... or do I have to install to the "student" acct. (which would mean changing it to an admin acct long enough to install at least), and then after changing it back would it still likely work? Is there any other options to "fix" this? thanks, niteowl
Guest sgopus Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 RE: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) from admin RE: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) from admin using windows explorer, find the exe file of the program and right click, then select send to select the folder (all users) Desktop "Niteowl" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm the volunteer IT guy at a small charter school, all computers are XP Pro > SP2. > > One of my teachers just installed an older program, it did not offer to > install for "all users", she installed under the "teacher" profile which is > an admin acct, but I need to link it to a limited acct for "students".. is > this possible? Is it as simple as dragging a shortcut to the "student" > desktop folder? ... or do I have to install to the "student" acct. (which > would mean changing it to an admin acct long enough to install at least), > and then after changing it back would it still likely work? > > Is there any other options to "fix" this? > > thanks, > niteowl > > >
Guest sgopus Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 RE: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) from admin RE: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) from admin if that doesn't work, then right click on the exe file and select copy and then find the all users desktop and paste it in. "Niteowl" wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm the volunteer IT guy at a small charter school, all computers are XP Pro > SP2. > > One of my teachers just installed an older program, it did not offer to > install for "all users", she installed under the "teacher" profile which is > an admin acct, but I need to link it to a limited acct for "students".. is > this possible? Is it as simple as dragging a shortcut to the "student" > desktop folder? ... or do I have to install to the "student" acct. (which > would mean changing it to an admin acct long enough to install at least), > and then after changing it back would it still likely work? > > Is there any other options to "fix" this? > > thanks, > niteowl > > >
Guest cavelamb himself Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Re: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) fromadmin Re: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) fromadmin sgopus wrote: > if that doesn't work, then right click on the exe file and select copy and > then find the all users desktop and paste it in. > > "Niteowl" wrote: > > Wouldn't that copy the exe file to all users desktop? >>Hi all, >> >>I'm the volunteer IT guy at a small charter school, all computers are XP Pro >>SP2. >> >>One of my teachers just installed an older program, it did not offer to >>install for "all users", she installed under the "teacher" profile which is >>an admin acct, but I need to link it to a limited acct for "students".. is >>this possible? Is it as simple as dragging a shortcut to the "student" >>desktop folder? ... or do I have to install to the "student" acct. (which >>would mean changing it to an admin acct long enough to install at least), >>and then after changing it back would it still likely work? >> >>Is there any other options to "fix" this? >> >>thanks, >>niteowl >> >> >> -- Richard (remove the X to email)
Guest Niteowl Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Re: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) from admin Re: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) from admin thanks, I'll try it out today... niteowl "sgopus" <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BA3DACDA-4609-4C6D-B245-F93BAC902091@microsoft.com... > if that doesn't work, then right click on the exe file and select copy and > then find the all users desktop and paste it in. > > "Niteowl" wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm the volunteer IT guy at a small charter school, all computers are XP >> Pro >> SP2. >> >> One of my teachers just installed an older program, it did not offer to >> install for "all users", she installed under the "teacher" profile which >> is >> an admin acct, but I need to link it to a limited acct for "students".. >> is >> this possible? Is it as simple as dragging a shortcut to the "student" >> desktop folder? ... or do I have to install to the "student" acct. (which >> would mean changing it to an admin acct long enough to install at least), >> and then after changing it back would it still likely work? >> >> Is there any other options to "fix" this? >> >> thanks, >> niteowl >> >> >>
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 15, 2008 Posted August 15, 2008 Re: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) fromadmin acct. Re: how to create a shortcut to different profile (limited) fromadmin acct. Niteowl wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm the volunteer IT guy at a small charter school, all computers are XP Pro > SP2. > > One of my teachers just installed an older program, it did not offer to > install for "all users", she installed under the "teacher" profile which is > an admin acct, but I need to link it to a limited acct for "students".. is > this possible? Is it as simple as dragging a shortcut to the "student" > desktop folder? ... or do I have to install to the "student" acct. (which > would mean changing it to an admin acct long enough to install at least), > and then after changing it back would it still likely work? > > Is there any other options to "fix" this? > > thanks, > niteowl > > If the legacy application the teacher installed places its shortcuts only in the Start Menu of the person performing the installation, all that you may have to do is move those Start Menu entries to the same location in the All Users profile. Further, such an incompatible application may offer additional "challenges:" You may experience some problems if the software was designed for Win9x/Me, or if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP,Vista, but was improperly designed. Quite simply, the application doesn't "know" how to handle individual user profiles with differing security permissions levels, or the application is designed to make to make changes to "off-limits" sections of the Windows registry or protected Windows system folders. For example, saved data are often stored in a sub-folder under the application's folder within C:\Program Files - a place where no inexperienced or limited user should ever have write permissions. It may even be that the software requires "write" access to parts of the registry or protected systems folders/files that are not normally accessible to regular users. (This *won't* occur if the application is properly written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're often left with three options: Either grant the necessary users appropriate higher access privileges (either as Power Users or local administrators), explicitly grant normal users elevated privileges to the affected folders and/or part(s) or the registry, or replace the application with one that was properly designed specifically for WinNT/2K/XP. Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307091 Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England: "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 If you still have a problem with running the program or saving settings on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on the registry keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app, where "vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your specific program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users full control." -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot
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