Palm user install-how to hide admin password, run as admin..

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.hardware,microsoft.public.win2000.registry,microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?)

Back up a couple of steps....the user should not need local admin rights to
run Palm, Hotsync, etc.; just to install it.

Temporarily grant that domain user local admin rights (add him to the local
administrators group). Instal the Palm stuff. Run it once to make sure it
works. Take away the rights (remove him from the group), log out and back in
as that user. Try again.



David Hogan wrote:
> W2K Pro desktop on W2K server network, NTFS. User wants Palm Tungsten
> installed. It requires Administrator login (not just privileges) to
> run. Tried setting to run as Administrator, but prompts for password
> every time. Any way I can get shortcut to retain password (hidden),
> and get it to run? Of course, that's assuming I can solve problem of
> ONLY administrator running it. If I run it as Administrator from user
> login, it crashes, and Dr Watson hangs, looking for log (Windows 2000
> error 80). Gave NTFS permissions to user up the wazoo. Even made user
> local administrator temporarily to get it to work, no go. Palm tech
> support was absolutely and completely useless: "It's only designed to
> be run on home computers", which doesn't explain why it only works
> logged as Administrator and not someone with administrative
> privileges. Anyone have any ideas?