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Old November 4th 15, 11:37 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
...winston[_2_]
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Default 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"
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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'

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Old November 10th 15, 04:17 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Neil
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Default 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.

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Neil
 




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