user accounts have me baffled!

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please help!

I have inherited a small PC network, from an ex colleage.

We have 5 machines running XP pro, and a server running 2003 server.

My problem is that acrobat and various email attachments can't be
double clicked to open.

When I went to install acrobat, I don't have privileges, apparantley.

Our machines are set as user1, 2, through 5.
They connect to a server called SMA.
When I log onto user1's machine as Administrator I can install software,
but when I log back on as user1 and connect to the server the software
is not there...

what the hell is going on? I know this is probably very easy to sort, but
I'm a MAC user.

Any advice will be appreciated.

wilse
 
In Windows XP, you have to be an administrator to install most applications.

One option, while not recommended, is to run as an administrator.

Another one is to use "Run As." To do so, you can right click on the
package you want to install, choose "Run As..." and then use the credentials
for the administrator to install the application. This way, standard users
run as users, but administrators can still quickly install software.

Where do you try to install the applications from?

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please help!

I have inherited a small PC network, from an ex colleage.

We have 5 machines running XP pro, and a server running 2003 server.

My problem is that acrobat and various email attachments can't be
double clicked to open.

When I went to install acrobat, I don't have privileges, apparantley.

Our machines are set as user1, 2, through 5.
They connect to a server called SMA.
When I log onto user1's machine as Administrator I can install software,
but when I log back on as user1 and connect to the server the software
is not there...

what the hell is going on? I know this is probably very easy to sort, but
I'm a MAC user.

Any advice will be appreciated.

wilse
 
please help!

I have inherited a small PC network, from an ex colleage.

We have 5 machines running XP pro, and a server running 2003 server.

My problem is that acrobat and various email attachments can't be
double clicked to open.

When I went to install acrobat, I don't have privileges, apparantley.

Our machines are set as user1, 2, through 5.
They connect to a server called SMA.
When I log onto user1's machine as Administrator I can install software,
but when I log back on as user1 and connect to the server the software
is not there...

what the hell is going on? I know this is probably very easy to sort, but
I'm a MAC user.
Click to expand...

The software shortcuts have been placed in the Administrator's profile
and not the All Users profiles.
Cut the shortcuts from: c:\documents and settings\administrator\start
menu\programs

and paste them in:
c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/
 
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