Weather Watcher worked fine while I was running the program under an administrator account, but I can’t get it to work properly under a limited user account. Is there a fix available for this?
Thanks,
Fred Galyean
Fred - If I understand the concept of a “limited user account”, then there is no way to make this happen. Weather Watcher must be able to read/write to the registry and save files in its install directory. From what I know, a limited user account cannot do either of these things.
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[i]Originally posted by Mike Singer[/i]
Fred - If I understand the concept of a "limited user account", then there is no way to make this happen. Weather Watcher must be able to read/write to the registry and save files in its install directory. From what I know, a limited user account cannot do either of these things.
I don’t know the particular situation. But if you want to upgrade to the Power User account, but still have non-admin priveleges, that works fine.
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I’m running Windows XP Home and I thought I would post about my experiences with running Weather Watcher from different account types. I have decided to change the status of a couple of my accounts to limited user status from computer administrator for saftey and security reasons (XP Home only has those two options, while under XP Pro I believe you can also create a power user account). Prior to this change, WW worked fine for every account I had set up. After the change, it ceased to work properly for every limited user account. It would not load at startup, and if I started the program manually, it would not succesfully update weather information.
A limited user is unable to install a program, but in most cases, a program that has already been installed will run fine for them. I’m not sure if this is an issue that could be easily addressed in upcoming versions or not, but I thought I would let you know everything I have discovered. For now, there is a way to get WW to work under these account types. Just right-click and choose the “run as” command, then run the program from an administrator’s profile.
Thanks for the program, I like all the features, and as soon as I find myself employed again I definitely plan on making a contribution
Thanks,
Fred Galyean
Ah, now that I know the situation, I can tell you how to create a Power User account. I do believe WinXP Home has the ability. It’s a bit hidden in Pro version too. I believe the process is the same.
While logged on the administrator account:
- Right-click on My Computer and select Manage.
- In the left pane, expand Local Users and Groups.
- Select Groups.
- Double-click on Power Users (right pane).
- Type the names of the users into the appropriate box.
- Click OK.
- Remove them from the Users group.
- Restart.
Pretty simple, I think. XP will say it’s an unknown user account, but it is working correctly. I hope htis helps you.
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I appreciate the tip nybbles, but I checked it out and I have no Local Users and Groups category anywhere when I enter the Manage screen for My Computer. This must only appear on XP Pro, unfortunately (I was really hoping your tip would work). At least if I upgrade to Pro I will now know how to set it up.
Thanks,
Fred Galyean
Thought I’d add this. I just spent a little time looking through Microsoft’s Knowledge Base at various articles regarding power users, and in a few places it was explicitly stated that XP Home will not allow this type of user to be created.
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[i]Originally posted by treeboi[/i]
I appreciate the tip nybbles, but I checked it out and I have no Local Users and Groups category anywhere when I enter the Manage screen for My Computer. This must only appear on XP Pro, unfortunately (I was really hoping your tip would work). At least if I upgrade to Pro I will now know how to set it up.Thanks,
Fred GalyeanThought I’d add this. I just spent a little time looking through Microsoft’s Knowledge Base at various articles regarding power users, and in a few places it was explicitly stated that XP Home will not allow this type of user to be created.
Stupid M$!! why would they do that. sorry, that couldn’t help you.
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