hidden c drive -what type of problems

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Hi all,
I have hidden the c: drive using group policies.
I have come across some programs that say they work with Windows XP but am
getting what seems to be permissions errors.
One error involves a program that translates languages.
Could the hidden c: drive be causing this? The users have modify rights to
the folder where the program is installed and I even edited the registry to
give the users permissions as modify to that programs folder. This program
creates temp files under the users documents and settings\local\temp folder.
(Also, the users my documents is redirected to the server.) and the user is
saving that file to my documents.
The program is Systran Office translator.
Has anyone else ran across this problem. The support people for Systran
doesn't seem to have a solution since it works when I logon as the
Administrator.
Thanks for any help,
Sher
 
The hidden C: drive won't cause a problem, as it only hides it in Windows
Explorer. The common dialogue boxes (File | Open) are implemented by
Explorer, so the drives are hidden there, too.

What you're seeing is the result of lazy and incompetent programmers
assuming that all users have administrative rights to PCs. The ideal
solution to this problem is not to buy software from companies that mess you
around like this, but sometimes you're placed in a position where you have
no choice.

In such situations, you should try using the free FileMon and RegMon tools
from www.sysinternals.com to analyze which files and registry keys the buggy
program is trying to write to. You may find launching these utilities using
the "runas" command (supplying administrative credentials) allows you to
monitor what's going on when an ordinary user is running the program.

Once you've found which files, folders and registry keys need their
permissions loosening, you can change their permissions using Group Policy
(for file, folder and reg permissions), or the cacls command (for file and
folder permissions).

Give your suppliers a hard time. They deserve it. If possible, find
alternative products and deprive these vendors of their revenue stream.

Check out the following sites:

http://www.threatcode.com/
http://weblogs.asp.net/rhurlbut/archive/2004/10/18/243894.aspx

Hope this helps

Oli
 
Sher4 said:
Hi all,
I have hidden the c: drive using group policies.
I have come across some programs that say they work with
Windows XP but am
getting what seems to be permissions errors.
One error involves a program that translates languages.
Could the hidden c: drive be causing this? The users have
modify rights to
the folder where the program is installed and I even edited
the registry to
give the users permissions as modify to that programs folder.
This program
creates temp files under the users documents and
settingslocaltemp folder.
(Also, the users my documents is redirected to the server.)
and the user is
saving that file to my documents.
The program is Systran Office translator.
Has anyone else ran across this problem. The support people
for Systran
doesn't seem to have a solution since it works when I logon as
the
Administrator.
Thanks for any help,
Sher
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Hi,

The Hiding drive C: Group Policy doesn’t affect programs at all.
However, it would only have difficulties if you chose the "restrict"
drive C: Group Policy.

This is a permissions error. I have a program you can try that I use.
Run it and then point to the Systran program .exe and it will scan
your HD, run the program, and then when done scan your HD again making
note of ALL the files and registry entries changed. It may be just one
file here or there that you are having problems with. More than likely
an .ini in the C:\Windows directory. You will have to decipher as
many entries don’t relate to the program and are just "windows busy"
work going on while you are running it.

http://www.sd61.bc.ca/windows2000/downloads/inctrl5.zip

Cheers,

Lara
 
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