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I don't understand Windows Installer. W2K workstation. I install upgrades
to software as the administrator and then every time a user logs in and wants
to run the upgraded software, the windows installer continues to come up.
How can I do this different so that the installer stops popping up?
 
lheisey said:
I don't understand Windows Installer. W2K workstation. I install
upgrades to software as the administrator and then every time a user
logs in and wants to run the upgraded software, the windows installer
continues to come up. How can I do this different so that the
installer stops popping up?
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It depends on what you're installing, really. With some apps (particularly
older versions of Office), I install as administrator, temporarily grant the
user local admin rights, run it once, then take the rights away. What
specifically are you havng problems with installing?
 
I am installing a 3rd party time & attendance software. So what at this
point can I do so the users can run the software without the installer coming
up?
 
lheisey said:
I am installing a 3rd party time & attendance software. So what at
this point can I do so the users can run the software without the
installer coming up?
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See if temporarily granting the domain account local admin rights helps -
run it once, then take the rights away, have them log out/log in, and try
again.

If that doesn't work, 1) complain loudly to the app mfr. about this - it's
lazy developers who don't understand that local users should not have admin
rights to *run* software and b) if that goes nowhere, try FileMon and RegMon
from www.sysinternals.com to see if you can figure out what folders/regkeys
the app needs write access to, and tweak them.
 
I have done as you asked. However, the installer still comes up. I notiiced
the event viewer shows Office 2000SP1 as being the cause. HELP
 
lheisey said:
I have done as you asked. However, the installer still comes up. I
notiiced the event viewer shows Office 2000SP1 as being the cause.
HELP
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I've done this successfully many times with Office in all versions. Did you
run all the apps once as the user, with that user in the local admin group?
 
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