Application will not run in XP when a user has a limited account?

Question

Magic Edeveloper 8.x and 9.x, Pervasive 9.5 running under Novell, No work station engine.
If the user is an administrator application works

Answer 1

Certain programs require adminstrator privileges. while installing the program, you must select the program to run for all users.

Or you may have installed the program in a private folder of the administrator like "My Documents" which is not accessible by other users. If then try installing in a common folder like Program Files.

Answer 2

If the program works correctly with a standard use account, but not a limited account then there is a security issue.

Most likely these applications are designed to be run by 'power users' and not limited users. Most people who are going to be running programming IDE and similar applications should be allowed to run a workstation with higher privileges then those answering phones or balances checkbooks.

What I'm curious is why you are only letting your developers run in an a limited state? That to me sounds like not letting cops speed to chase a criminal, basically they need the full power of the computer to do their job, not just a limited account.

Also are you using XP home? there are very fine controls you can adjust up and down for users on XP Pro in an active directory so you could, once you discover the needs privilages, give them out at a user by user basis.

Answer 3

Selecting "For all Users" has nothing to do with the program running under a limited user account or not. Basically it boils down to crappy software programming and the vendor should be listed on one of the sites which shame such programming.

Contact the vendor, confrm you installed it correctly, ask about running under limited account rights and if they say it's an Admin only program then ask them what they are going to do in Vista!

Try installing the program again as the user with problems. Add that user to the admin group during install and first run then take them back to a Limited account. This may allow the program to write whatever reg keys it needs to the correct user areas.

Answer 4

Evidently, you do not have admin privileges, or it would work. Your PC is set that if anything is installed "OTHER" than with admin privileges then it will require admin to run it....