Comments on: Windows, IE, Admin Only Please http://jasonpearce.com/blog/2005/07/25/windows-ie-admin-only-please/ relatively irrelevant Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:52:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jasonpearce http://jasonpearce.com/blog/2005/07/25/windows-ie-admin-only-please/#comment-2819 jasonpearce Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:01:25 +0000 http://jasonpearce.com/?p=551#comment-2819 <p>Regonline has made some improvements to their services. Badges are now use the PDF format instead of an ActiveX control that required local administrative privileges. They've also made the site more browser independent. Both are good moves.</p> Regonline has made some improvements to their services. Badges are now use the PDF format instead of an ActiveX control that required local administrative privileges. They’ve also made the site more browser independent. Both are good moves.

]]> By: Erik G. http://jasonpearce.com/blog/2005/07/25/windows-ie-admin-only-please/#comment-86 Erik G. Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:42:26 +0000 http://jasonpearce.com/?p=551#comment-86 <p>Sounds like a headache. Question; do your users have the ability to add printers when they are logged as a user? I've found on some XP machines, I need to grant the user temporary admin rights to install a printer associated with their user account. This wasn't the case with Win 2k, only XP. Since the Badge Active X controller is likely trying to update the printer installation, that could be where the Admin priviledges are coming in (and why the developer didn't know he was requiring admin rights).</p> <p>There may a work around for this, depending on how the badge print is called. What you might be able to do is create a shortcut utilizing a runas command (<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294676" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Support Page</a>).</p> <p>If that doesn't work, you can set up a system account that is part of the administrators group. You can then use saved command line to execute a file by doing "runas /user:<i>DOMAIN\account</i> program.exe".</p> Sounds like a headache. Question; do your users have the ability to add printers when they are logged as a user? I’ve found on some XP machines, I need to grant the user temporary admin rights to install a printer associated with their user account. This wasn’t the case with Win 2k, only XP. Since the Badge Active X controller is likely trying to update the printer installation, that could be where the Admin priviledges are coming in (and why the developer didn’t know he was requiring admin rights).

There may a work around for this, depending on how the badge print is called. What you might be able to do is create a shortcut utilizing a runas command (Microsoft Support Page).

If that doesn’t work, you can set up a system account that is part of the administrators group. You can then use saved command line to execute a file by doing “runas /user:DOMAIN\account program.exe”.

]]> By: jasonpearce http://jasonpearce.com/blog/2005/07/25/windows-ie-admin-only-please/#comment-85 jasonpearce Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:18:52 +0000 http://jasonpearce.com/?p=551#comment-85 <p>Most of the machines in our office are Power Users, but I plan on changing that in the coming months - bumping them down to just User. For the RegOnline problem, their Active X tool requires Admin rights, either on the domain or on the machine. Sadly, their support didn't think of this as a problem and their Active X developer didn't even know that their badge tool requires Admin rights.</p> Most of the machines in our office are Power Users, but I plan on changing that in the coming months - bumping them down to just User. For the RegOnline problem, their Active X tool requires Admin rights, either on the domain or on the machine. Sadly, their support didn’t think of this as a problem and their Active X developer didn’t even know that their badge tool requires Admin rights.

]]> By: Erik G. http://jasonpearce.com/blog/2005/07/25/windows-ie-admin-only-please/#comment-84 Erik G. Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:03:11 +0000 http://jasonpearce.com/?p=551#comment-84 <p>Are you windows 2000 based or XP? I've had a few instances where programs required some level of administrative privieledges, but have found that the Power Users group satisfies those needs. They won't be able to install major applications, but this will allow the user to make minor modifications to the registry (often what ActiveX needs). It's still not happy solution, but it's better then giving them full blown admin rights.</p> Are you windows 2000 based or XP? I’ve had a few instances where programs required some level of administrative privieledges, but have found that the Power Users group satisfies those needs. They won’t be able to install major applications, but this will allow the user to make minor modifications to the registry (often what ActiveX needs). It’s still not happy solution, but it’s better then giving them full blown admin rights.

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