Guest Kryten Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Hi, Is there a proven way of telling which user account was used to install software on Windows 2003 Server? My problem is that there are a dozen or so user accounts on the box which different ppl use. Sometimes they install updates which then cannot be uninstalled without knowing which account was used. It's trial and error to keep logging in and checking add/remove programs to see which account gets it to show up there. There must be a better way? Perhaps querying the registry? Here's hoping! Stuart
Guest Geoff Schaller Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Re: How to tell which user installed software Stuart. I think it would be better to prevent local logons to the server and create one domain account with that capability. Perhaps in your case the horse has bolted but I suspect that a single account for the administrator PC might be better. Geoff "Kryten" <Kryten68@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:48560c15-aa48-4300-a92d-72b4c27369f1@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com: > Hi, > > Is there a proven way of telling which user account was used to > install software on Windows 2003 Server? > > My problem is that there are a dozen or so user accounts on the box > which different ppl use. Sometimes they install updates which then > cannot be uninstalled without knowing which account was used. It's > trial and error to keep logging in and checking add/remove programs to > see which account gets it to show up there. > > There must be a better way? Perhaps querying the registry? > > Here's hoping! > > Stuart
Guest Kryten Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Re: How to tell which user installed software Thanks Geoff, Your right that would be best..however in this case I am merely the application vendor support engineer and the metal and os belong to the 'customer' who reserves the right to maintain and exercise access to the box. Sometimes installing updates themselves before we get a chance and thus leading to this problem. I was hoping that such info might be available in the registry somewhere? Thanks Stuart
Guest Meinolf Weber Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Re: How to tell which user installed software Hello Kryten, Don't know if you can find the account in the registry, ofcourse the best solution is that users are restricted to install software. But check out Windows Installer CleanUp Utility for removing: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301 After install it lists all software and can also uninstall it. Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > Hi, > > Is there a proven way of telling which user account was used to > install software on Windows 2003 Server? > > My problem is that there are a dozen or so user accounts on the box > which different ppl use. Sometimes they install updates which then > cannot be uninstalled without knowing which account was used. It's > trial and error to keep logging in and checking add/remove programs to > see which account gets it to show up there. > > There must be a better way? Perhaps querying the registry? > > Here's hoping! > > Stuart >
Guest Herb Martin Posted May 25, 2008 Posted May 25, 2008 Re: How to tell which user installed software "Kryten" <Kryten68@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:9ffc853d-db01-4e24-8c66-88c58966deef@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > Thanks Geoff, > Your right that would be best..however in this case I am merely the > application vendor support engineer > and the metal and os belong to the 'customer' who reserves the right > to maintain and exercise access > to the box. Sometimes installing updates themselves before we get a > chance and thus leading to this > problem. > > I was hoping that such info might be available in the registry > somewhere? Look to see who owns the files or registry entries... The OWNER user account is almost certainly the installer.
Guest Kryten Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Re: How to tell which user installed software Hi Meinolf. Thats a good idea - thanks for the tip. My plan had actually been to write my own utility in Powershell, I'll check this tool out and see if it does what I need. Thanks, Stuart
Guest Kryten Posted May 26, 2008 Posted May 26, 2008 Re: How to tell which user installed software Hi Herb, Now that DOES make sense!! I'll check it out. My plan had been to write a little utility to do this in Powershell, it will be easy to extract this info from the source you suggest. Thanks, Stuart
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