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Setting apps for admin access?
Neil wrote:
On 11/4/2015 12:34 PM, ...winston wrote: Ken1943 wrote: On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 08:51:16 -0800, "...winston" wrote: Neil wrote: Hi, Windows 8.1 Home This is an odd one, at least to me. The current versions of iTunes require administrative access in order to download purchased items. Why they did that is a puzzler, but running as admin is the only thing that enabled the downloads to succeed. I do not want to have to "run as administrator", since non-admin users can't do that without the password, which pretty much defeats the concept of security. Is it possible to set admin. access for an individual app (e.g. iTunes) when accessed via a user (non-administrator's) account? The admin account started some time ago - iirc Win7 era in iTunes version 11. The requirement isn't all Windows or iTunes...the Store is the vehicle that requires the admin pre-requisite and computer authorization for purchase and download of media content. If I have a problem, I right-click on the exe file security Compatibility Check box for run as admin. This can also be done with the shortcut. It has been a very long time since I needed to do that. Ken1943 If elevation meets the iTunes Store constraint for admin account privilege on an authorized iTunes device with an iTunes signed on account to purchase content then you should be good to go. That doesn't solve the problem of non-admin users (lacking the admin password) being able to d/l their media purchases. If it weren't for the "Apple genius" suggesting that elevation could be accomplished on individual app basis under Win8.1, I wouldn't have expected a solution. Since Ken has now stated (after my reply to him and the same post that you replied too) that he doesn't use iTunes anything it seem obvious it doesn't apply to anything - i.e. my reply to him was an 'If, then' not that it 'will' -- ....winston |
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Setting apps for admin access? (Update)
On 10/31/2015 3:33 PM, Paul wrote:
Neil wrote: I was told by the "genius" that it was possible to set admin access for a single app in Win8.1, but "he didn't know how" to do it, so I thought I'd ask here, since I've never heard of such a capability in any version of Windows. Auto-elevation is available to Windows applications, but not to user programs, if I understand what is written here. (snip) Hi Paul, So, once again the user wanted to d/l some purchases, so I thought I'd dig into the OS a bit to see what may be possible. It appears that one *can* set admin privilege levels for individual apps. To make a long story short, permissions can be modified for individual applications from the administrative account by right-clicking the desired program, select properties and modifying the security settings by adding the specific user account and giving it the desired level of control. Although for reasons I have yet to discern, iTunes is still flaky w/r/t downloading media after granting full control and ownership, this ability may come in handy for well-written applications, so I thought I'd pass it on. -- Best regards, Neil |
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