How to access a registry entry wo no access rights

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David Thielen

Hi;

We have a problem where one of our customers has installed our
software which is an AddIn to Microsoft Office. The registry entries
that tell Word where to find this AddIn cannot be accessed by any
user, even when the user logs in as administrator and and does a RunAs
as the administrator.

He is not on a domain and got his computer from BestBuy where they
"optimized" Vista for him. One interesting thing - his account has no
password and it will not let him set a password (an interesting
approach to security).

Any ideas?

thanks - dave

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
 
David Thielen said:
Hi;

We have a problem where one of our customers has installed our
software which is an AddIn to Microsoft Office. The registry entries
that tell Word where to find this AddIn cannot be accessed by any
user, even when the user logs in as administrator and and does a RunAs
as the administrator.

He is not on a domain and got his computer from BestBuy where they
"optimized" Vista for him. One interesting thing - his account has no
password and it will not let him set a password (an interesting
approach to security).
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Yeah. Allow users to log on easily, but don't let them do anything once
there. :o)

Often when sufficient user rights seem insufficient on Vista, it is the
integrity mechanism at work. Mandatory Integrity Control or Windows
Integrity Control (MIC/WIC).
 
ps - this is Vista Home Premium. Is there something special we need to
do in our installer when setting registry values?

thanks - dave


Hi;

We have a problem where one of our customers has installed our
software which is an AddIn to Microsoft Office. The registry entries
that tell Word where to find this AddIn cannot be accessed by any
user, even when the user logs in as administrator and and does a RunAs
as the administrator.

He is not on a domain and got his computer from BestBuy where they
"optimized" Vista for him. One interesting thing - his account has no
password and it will not let him set a password (an interesting
approach to security).

Any ideas?

thanks - dave

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
Click to expand...


david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm
 
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