Unable to run programs installed by administrator

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David Cuttler

It seems that many programs that can only be installed by an
administrator can then only be accessed by the administrator. Am I
missing something. When I install MS Word, for example, all users
have immediate access to it.

In the past I have deleted all user profiles and copied the admin
profile to the default user. Often this is successful. I can't
believe this is the only way to accomplish this feat.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
 
David said:
It seems that many programs that can only be installed by an
administrator can then only be accessed by the administrator. Am I
missing something. When I install MS Word, for example, all users
have immediate access to it.

In the past I have deleted all user profiles and copied the admin
profile to the default user. Often this is successful. I can't
believe this is the only way to accomplish this feat.
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Hi

One way is to use Sysinternals RegMon/FileMon utilities to find what registry
keys/file system folders the application need write access to and set rights
accordingly for the locked down user account (http://www.sysinternals.com)

Alternatively:

Some 3rd party RunAs solutions that "hides" (encrypt) username/password
are listed in the link below (buy solutions). Can be run from network shares,
so nothing needs to be installed on the client computers.

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]
 
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