limited user on XP media center 2005 OS

> On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 14:57 -0700, r coyne wrote:
> > Why does one need to install from an administrator
> > account? I can't imagine any reason why a word
> > processor should need system- or administrator-type
> > privileges, and requiring them seems like terrible
> > design. No doubt there may be aspects of a "standard"
> > full-scale installation that do require broad access;
> > but not everybody wants to do those things. The
> > principle of least privilege is important; when it
> > comes to computers, paranoids live longer.
>
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Actually, you are confusing two different issues here. Running the word
processor doesn't require administrator priveleges, as expected.
Installation (a system-wide change), however, does require
administrator privileges, and this is desired (and necessary). One
doesn't want a limited user installing programs, this is in fact often
the reason that limited users are set up in Windows. If limited users
aren't restricted from installing software, which is a major
system-administration action, what use is the designation of limited
user?

AbiWord does work in such a situation, where the software is installed
by the system administrator, and used by any number of limited users.
I know, I use it this way on several Windows 2000 machines.

If for some reason the clean install I suggested (uninstall, remove
c:\program files\abisuite2, install again as administrator), please
file a bug. There would then be an error specific to your setup.

Thanks for using AbiWord!
Ryan Pavlik
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WOW, after waiting a week of no replies, now several the past
few days, apparently *ignoring* the facts of my OP inquiry:
abiword 2.2.9 was installed on new XP media center 2005 OS;
it *was* installed from *administrator account* as was stated in
my OP; abiword runs fine from that administrator account;
but, I get the error originally noted when I try to run from
an "limited user account." my preliminary investigation
indicates that "permissions" are different in XP media center
2005 than in windows2000, or even XPpro, & perhaps XPhome.**
I would appreciate a reply on these facts, rather than being
told to reinstall as administrator when it was installed as
administrator. I'd rather hear "clueless" or silence than
<ohyyfuvg>
** the XP help file says without explanation that some apps
may not run properly from limited user account. MS Office
doesn't want competition?? I run abiword on my *nix & w2k,
it's my school age son with the XPmc2005 limited user problem.

/poogimmal
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Received on Thu Aug 18 02:21:06 2005