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1 installation for all users
Hi,
I'm setting up a fresh installation of Windows XP professional, I have a computer shared by 2 users. So I want to make the installation once, and give the 2 users limited accounts. So I expected I could use the Administrator account and install all the programs in the "all users" profile. But when I login as Administrator windows will create an "Administrator" profile separate from "all users". Why is this happening? |
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1 installation for all users
Ferran Gomis wrote:
I'm setting up a fresh installation of Windows XP professional, I have a computer shared by 2 users. So I want to make the installation once, and give the 2 users limited accounts. So I expected I could use the Administrator account and install all the programs in the "all users" profile. But when I login as Administrator windows will create an "Administrator" profile separate from "all users". Why is this happening? Because that is the way it has always worked. Install your applications, copy the shortcuts to the all users folders. Make sure everyone on the computer has the permissions (file/folder/registry) needed to run each of the aps you choose to install (not all applications play nice with limited rights) and create your two users. Log on as each user and verify the applications you wish to run work. That's it. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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1 installation for all users
Thanks!
Will do. It's strange because I was pretty sure that before reinstalling I could login as Administrator and it would use the "all users" profile... but I guess I was wrong Anyway, I'll follow your advice! Thanks! Ferran "Shenan Stanley" wrote: Ferran Gomis wrote: I'm setting up a fresh installation of Windows XP professional, I have a computer shared by 2 users. So I want to make the installation once, and give the 2 users limited accounts. So I expected I could use the Administrator account and install all the programs in the "all users" profile. But when I login as Administrator windows will create an "Administrator" profile separate from "all users". Why is this happening? Because that is the way it has always worked. Install your applications, copy the shortcuts to the all users folders. Make sure everyone on the computer has the permissions (file/folder/registry) needed to run each of the aps you choose to install (not all applications play nice with limited rights) and create your two users. Log on as each user and verify the applications you wish to run work. That's it. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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1 installation for all users
Shenan Stanley wrote:
Ferran Gomis wrote: I'm setting up a fresh installation of Windows XP professional, I have a computer shared by 2 users. So I want to make the installation once, and give the 2 users limited accounts. So I expected I could use the Administrator account and install all the programs in the "all users" profile. But when I login as Administrator windows will create an "Administrator" profile separate from "all users". Why is this happening? Because that is the way it has always worked. Install your applications, copy the shortcuts to the all users folders. Make sure everyone on the computer has the permissions (file/folder/registry) needed to run each of the aps you choose to install (not all applications play nice with limited rights) and create your two users. Log on as each user and verify the applications you wish to run work. That's it. Does this depend on whether the installer tool for a program is smart enough to install for "all users"? Or whether the developer understood that option in the installer package? I think OpenOffice is one that does right, where "installing on the computer" and "installing for this user" are separate steps. |
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