Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Problems running programs as non-root
Name: Date: March 28, 2000 at 13:30:29 Pacific
Comment:
I am running Win2000 Pro on a dual pII system (multiprocessor kernel). My problem is that when I install programs as administrator, standard users cannot run them properly (or at all). This seems to mostly be a problem with games (Tiberian sun and Q3A are the most serious offenders), but I have had problems with Winamp and others too. I have execution permissions on all the programs, but the all give funny errors on startup. For example, Tiberian Sun can't find the CD, and Q3 can't find the default.cfg file. Does anybody have any ideas?
Name: BBaskin Date: March 31, 2000 at 10:36:01 Pacific
Reply:
Probably because when you install as root, those games put registry settings in the HKEY_current_user key, most likely ones that point to the cd drive. So log in as administrator, look under hkey_current_user\software and find any appropriate keys. Export them to a file, login as your user, and import that file.
Summary: I am running win2k pro and I am having problems with some applications. When I log in with administrative rights, every thing works fine, but if any normal or power users log in, things don't work. ...
Summary: Hi, I have installed Norton Antivirus 2001 on a Win2k Pro machine and the machine logs onto a domain. Now when I log onto the domain as a user, I am not able to run the Norton Antivirus Program. But w...
Summary: Many applications (e.g.PCAnywhere) give the option to run them as a service. What is the benefit of doing this ? Who is the owner of files created by an application running as a service and how is a...
0 
