I'm not able to access some applications through the Limited user account, but I can access through Administrator account. Why so..... PLS HELP!!!!!

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As you said, it is a limited account and limited accounts have LIMITED access to system resources. You need to give more grants to the account or work as administrator.


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:29 am, MONTY wrote:
>I'm not able to access some applications through the Limited user account, but I
>can access through Administrator account. Why so.....
>PLS HELP!!!!!

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The purpose of the administrator account is to protect the system from well meaning users changing the enviromental properties of the system. If you log into the administrator account to do maintanence or to make one of the major changes then the system assumes that you know what your doing.


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 9:59 am, GS wrote:
>As you said, it is a limited account and limited accounts have LIMITED access to
>system resources. You need to give more grants to the account or work as administrator.
>
>
>


>On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:29 am, MONTY wrote:
>I'm not able to access some applications through the Limited user account, but I
>can access through Administrator account. Why so.....
>PLS HELP!!!!!

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Your question hasn't really been answered. I am interested in a solution too. I installed a Microsoft game for my kids to play but they cannot run it as "limited" users. This seems riduclous. Shouldn't limited users (kids) be able to play games without me having to make them administrators?


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:29 am, MONTY wrote:
>I'm not able to access some applications through the Limited user account, but I
>can access through Administrator account. Why so.....
>PLS HELP!!!!!

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When you install XP on a NT file system, it manages folders the same way as the NT, giving individual permissions to every file or folder. Usually if you install an application (or game) using the administrator account, it should be available to all users; if you use a "normal" account the program may become available only for that account and administrator accounts. Entering as administrator you may use the windows explorer to manually change permissions to a folder (and subfolders), add a particular username, or making it available to "ALL"


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:29 am, MONTY wrote:
>I'm not able to access some applications through the Limited user account, but I
>can access through Administrator account. Why so.....
>PLS HELP!!!!!

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Using Windows XP Pro. I didn't see anyway to modify permissions through Windows Explorer. Following directions it said to drag shared folders to "Shared Documents" folder. I am trying to use Quicken 2000. It was orginally installed when I was in my Adminstrator account. Now I want to access the program and associated file as a "User" and still can't even after moving associated Quicken file into the "Shared Documents" folder. Any thoughts?


On Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 12:11 pm, Mike wrote:
>
>When you install XP on a NT file system, it manages folders the same way as the NT,
>giving individual permissions to every file or folder.
>
>Usually if you install an application (or game) using the administrator account,
>it should be available to all users; if you use a "normal" account the program may
>become available only for that account and administrator accounts.
>
>Entering as administrator you may use the windows explorer to manually change permissions
>to a folder (and subfolders), add a particular username, or making it available to
>"ALL"
>
>
>

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THe same thing is happening to me. My kids can't access Wordperfect 11 or print. I don't know if this will help - but I was told to right click on the program. Go to properties and then security and check all the boxes. I'm far from a computer expert, but this is what I'm going to try. Thanks


On Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at 12:11 pm, Mike wrote:
>
>When you install XP on a NT file system, it manages folders the same way as the NT,
>giving individual permissions to every file or folder.
>
>Usually if you install an application (or game) using the administrator account,
>it should be available to all users; if you use a "normal" account the program may
>become available only for that account and administrator accounts.
>
>Entering as administrator you may use the windows explorer to manually change permissions
>to a folder (and subfolders), add a particular username, or making it available to
>"ALL"
>
>
>

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Hi This is Paidi, Are you working as domain user ? If so ...you will be having only limited access to IIS and few applicaions if you want to get more access to the user id add that user id in to PoweUser group so that you will be get more privilages if you want full access for perticular user on perticular system add that user in local admin group have a nice day. Regards Duragarao Paidi


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:29 am, MONTY wrote:
>I'm not able to access some applications through the Limited user account, but I
>can access through Administrator account. Why so.....
>PLS HELP!!!!!

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One of the easiest ways to work around this problem when you're using the XP 'Home' edition is to start up in the Safe Mode. Right click on the application in question, & then Properties. Within the Properties, click on the tab called "Security". From there, you merely need to add the name of your limited user account, & give it appropriate permissions (see http://cc.jlab.org/docs/services/windows/ntfs_permissions.html for a detailed description on NTFS permissions)


On Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at 8:44 am, donna vogler wrote:
>THe same thing is happening to me. My kids can't access Wordperfect 11 or print.
> I don't know if this will help - but I was told to right click on the program.
>Go to properties and then security and check all the boxes. I'm far from a computer
>expert, but this is what I'm going to try.
>Thanks
>
>
>

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It depends on how the game was installed and wether it was installed so all users 
have access or just the installing user. I'm sure there is a registry hack that will 
allow you to change what apps can be run by what users, unfortunately I don't know 
what it is.

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Hi guys, especially to Kenny and Donna, I too have a kid that I have set up as limited account. After installing the Harry Potter games (1&2), I found that the admin users can run the game but not the limited users. It made no sense to me to set up the limited users as admin accounts!!! After some poking around, I found the solution. Log in as the admin(yourself) and go to regedit.(be careful here...do a backup of the registry if you are not familiar or unsure) Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE, look for the subkey in which the games's registry entries are stored. In my case Harry Potter came under EA Games. Right-click and go to Permissions. Look for the USERS group. The limited user account should be under this group. Select that group and go to Advanced below. Now select the USERS group and click on edit. Here you are basically going to add Write DAC and Write Owner permissions to this account. Save and exit. That should do the trick....worked for me.


On Monday, February 14, 2005 at 11:35 am, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>It depends on how the game was installed and wether it was installed so all users
>have access or just the installing user. I'm sure there is a registry hack that will
>allow you to change what apps can be run by what users, unfortunately I don't know
>what it is.

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I am new to computers and having added office 97 to Windows XP,my limited account user cannot access this, although my admistrator acct can. I tried your suggestion but the only options I got were still, drag the folder to the shared file folder, and not the screen shown on the Jlab website. I have also tried using windows explorer. Any suggestions would be really appreciated?


On Monday, February 14, 2005 at 10:38 am, niko wrote:
>One of the easiest ways to work around this problem when you're using the XP 'Home'
>edition is to start up in the Safe Mode. Right click on the application in question,
>& then Properties. Within the Properties, click on the tab called "Security". From
>there, you merely need to add the name of your limited user account, & give it appropriate
>permissions (see http://cc.jlab.org/docs/services/windows/ntfs_permissions.html for
>a detailed description on NTFS permissions)
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Have you tried this...? Log in as the admin(yourself) and go to regedit.(be careful here...do a backup of the registry if you are not familiar or unsure) Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE, look for the subkey where Office is installed (most probably MICROSOFT> OFFICE). Right-click and go to Permissions. Look for the USERS group. The limited user account should be under this group. Select that group and go to Advanced below. Now select the USERS group and click on edit. Here you are basically going to add Write DAC and Write Owner permissions to this account. Save and exit. That should do the trick.....


On Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 9:29 am, Mags wrote:
>I am new to computers and having added office 97 to Windows XP,my limited account
>user cannot access this, although my admistrator acct can.
>I tried your suggestion but the only options I got were still, drag the folder to
>the shared file folder, and not the screen shown on the Jlab website.
>
>I have also tried using windows explorer. Any suggestions would be really appreciated?
>
>

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Thanks for the reply, but I only just know what the registry is and do not want to play in there? Is there not an easier way for a beginner?


On Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 9:47 am, Varghese wrote:
>Have you tried this...?
>
>Log in as the admin(yourself) and go to regedit.(be careful here...do a backup of
>the registry if you are not familiar or unsure) Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SOFTWARE,
>look for the subkey where Office is installed (most probably MICROSOFT> OFFICE).
>Right-click and go to Permissions. Look for the USERS group. The limited user account
>should be under this group. Select that group and go to Advanced below. Now select
>the USERS group and click on edit. Here you are basically going to add Write DAC
>and Write Owner permissions to this account. Save and exit. That should do the trick.....
>
>
>

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Unfortunately not that I know of. This is one of the features of Win XP. Its more of a security issue where limited accounts should not be able to run anything that the Admin account does not want them to. Also you have to understand that applications that are older than XP have this limitation. Newer applications come with the ability to be run by limited accounts.


On Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 10:10 am, Mags wrote:
>Thanks for the reply, but I only just know what the registry is and do not want to
>play in there?
>
>Is there not an easier way for a beginner?
>
>
>

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Okay, I understand and appreciate your help. I will try to find a friend who can help with your suggestion. I now have a printing problem,so maybe old software was not such a good idea after all. Thanks for your time


On Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 12:00 pm, Varghese wrote:
>Unfortunately not that I know of. This is one of the features of Win XP. Its more
>of a security issue where limited accounts should not be able to run anything that
>the Admin account does not want them to. Also you have to understand that applications
>that are older than XP have this limitation. Newer applications come with the ability
>to be run by limited accounts.
>
>
>

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Another way around this is to install the program while logged into the limited user 
account.

Before you click on the program's installation package icon, hold down the "SHIFT" 
key and click the right mouse button.

You will have the option to "Run As." Click this option and run the installation 
as administrator.

Jeff


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FOR ALL THOSE BEGINNERS, THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM ---------------------------------------------------- I too had a printing problem & access problem with Windows XP. There is simple way of doing this Go to Control Panel---->Administrative Tools There is list of Administrative Tools Select Computer Management When u click on the Computer Mangement a window open up with a tree listing Click on Users It will list the user's Select a particular user and then click properties -----> Add -----> Find || A list of usertypes will be listed I think the best option is select Power Users( which will help the user run legacy system and solve printing problem also ) ----> o.k. This will do but make sure u r logged as Administrator ---------------------------------------------------------


On Friday, October 7, 2005 at 10:49 am, Jeff wrote:
>Another way around this is to install the program while logged into the limited user
>account.
>
>Before you click on the program's installation package icon, hold down the "SHIFT"
>key and click the right mouse button.
>
>You will have the option to "Run As." Click this option and run the installation
>as administrator.
>
>Jeff
>
>
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I have a limited user account . How i can change the registery keys without error message.

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I had the same problem, this worked for me.
1  Log on as administrator.
2  Open Windows Explorer
3  On C:\ drive, navigate to the "Documents and Settings" folder.
4  Locate the user that you want and find their "Desktop" folder. (remember the location)
5  Next go to "Programs" folder and locate the program that you want the user to 
have.
6  Right click on the program and create a short cut. (do not use the "Send To" option)
7  Drag the new short cut to the desktop folder of the desired user.
    When the limited user logs on, they will have a short cut to the program on their 
desktop.
    Hope it works for you too.






On Tuesday, April 13, 2004 at 8:44 am, donna vogler wrote:

>THe same thing is happening to me.  My kids can't access Wordperfect 11 or print. 

> I don't know if this will help - but I was told to right click on the program. 
 

>Go to properties and then security and check all the boxes.  I'm far from a computer 

>expert, but this is what I'm going to try.

>Thanks

>

>

> 

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Power Users is not available in Windows XP Home Edition. These solutions only work for Windows XP Pro.


On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 2:45 am, Ahmer H wrote:
>FOR ALL THOSE BEGINNERS, THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
>----------------------------------------------------
>I too had a printing problem & access problem with Windows XP. There is simple way
>of doing this
>
> Go to Control Panel---->Administrative Tools
>
> There is list of Administrative Tools
>
> Select Computer Management
>
> When u click on the Computer Mangement a window open up with a tree listing
>
> Click on Users
> It will list the user's
>
> Select a particular user and then click properties
> -----> Add -----> Find ||
> A list of usertypes will be listed
>
> I think the best option is select Power Users( which will help the user run legacy
>system and solve printing problem also )
> ----> o.k.
>
> This will do but make sure u r logged as Administrator
>---------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>

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One reason why this might be a good idea is that by elevating that user's privileges, you open up your computer to greater security risks.

see

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/luawinxp.mspx

On Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 2:45 am, Ahmer H wrote:
>FOR ALL THOSE BEGINNERS, THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
>----------------------------------------------------
>I too had a printing problem & access problem with Windows XP. There is simple way
>of doing this
>
> Go to Control Panel---->Administrative Tools
>
> There is list of Administrative Tools
>
> Select Computer Management
>
> When u click on the Computer Mangement a window open up with a tree listing
>
> Click on Users
> It will list the user's
>
> Select a particular user and then click properties
> -----> Add -----> Find ||
> A list of usertypes will be listed
>
> I think the best option is select Power Users( which will help the user run legacy
>system and solve printing problem also )
> ----> o.k.
>
> This will do but make sure u r logged as Administrator
>---------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>

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I have problem to do with a network printer and limited user accounts.

I have one computer running WinXP HE SP2 that has a HP 930c installed on it. I have an administrative user account and a limited user account set up. Both users can print without a problem.

I have connected my laptop, also running WinXP HE SP2, to the other computer. The laptop also has administrator and limited accounts. As the administrator on the laptop, I set up a network using the wizard in the control panel. I can access shared documents on the computer with the printer as any user on the laptop. On the computer with the printer, I shared the printer on the network. The printer now shows up in the "Printers and Faxes" list on the laptop, for all the users, adminstrators and limited.

I can print as the administrator on the laptop but not as the limited user. The print queue shows up for the limited user on the laptop and I can see other users' print jobs but I can't send my print jobs to that queue.

For obvious security reasons, I don't want to add the limited user to the adminstrators group or elevate the privileges of the user any more than I have to.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

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Try this, 

Temporarily give the limited user account local admin rights. (Add the account to 
the local administrator's group)

Delete the network printer connection while logged into this account after applying 
admin rights.

Re-connect to the network printer while still logged in to this account.

Remove admin rights to the user account .

Log out, then log back in so limited permissions take effect.

Let me know if this works.

Thanks,

Jeff







On Saturday, June 3, 2006 at 7:56 am, Robert Impey wrote:

>I have problem to do with a network printer and limited user accounts.

>


>I have one computer running WinXP HE SP2 that has a HP 930c installed on it. I have 

>an administrative user account and a limited user account set up. Both users can 

>print without a problem.

>


>I have connected my laptop, also running WinXP HE SP2, to the other computer. The 

>laptop also has administrator and limited accounts. As the administrator on the 
laptop, 

>I set up a network using the wizard in the control panel. I can access shared documents 

>on the computer with the printer as any user on the laptop. On the computer with 

>the printer, I shared the printer on the network. The printer now shows up in the 

>"Printers and Faxes" list on the laptop, for all the users, adminstrators and limited.

>


>I can print as the administrator on the laptop but not as the limited user. The 
print 

>queue shows up for the limited user on the laptop and I can see other users' print 

>jobs but I can't send my print jobs to that queue.

>


>For obvious security reasons, I don't want to add the limited user to the adminstrators 

>group or elevate the privileges of the user any more than I have to.

>


>Does anyone have any suggestions?

>


>Thanks in advance.

>

 

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Thanks Jeff, that worked a treat.

I've read that it will be possible to do things as an temporary administrator in Vista (like 'sudo' in Unix) without having to change the account type and log in and out again. That should work for things like this, I guess. Can anyone tell me if there anything like 'sudo' in XP?

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I continue to read about Power Users in Windows XP, but I see no mention of it under user config only administrator and limited user.


On Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 2:59 am, Paidi wrote:
>
>Hi This is Paidi,
>
>Are you working as domain user ? If so ...you will be having only limited access
>to IIS and few applicaions if you want to get more access to the user id add that
>user id in to PoweUser group so that you will be get more privilages if you want
>full access for perticular user on perticular system add that user in local admin
>group have a nice day.
>
>Regards
>Duragarao Paidi
>
>

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