Kodak EasyShare and Windows XP Home

[RSLancastr]

Once again, one of my kids has managed to find some software which refuses to run unless I grant them administrator rights.

WHO THE HELL WRITES SOFTWARE ASSUMING EVERYONE WHO USES IT WILL HAVE ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS?!?!

Whoever wrote Kodak EasyShare, that's who.

 

[Earthborn]

WHO THE HELL WRITES SOFTWARE ASSUMING EVERYONE WHO USES IT WILL HAVE ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS?!?!

Everyone.

Just get one of those Gazillion-in-1 media card readers. Much easier.

 

[RayG]

Once again, one of my kids has managed to find some software which refuses to run unless I grant them administrator rights.

Was the software installed from the limited user account using admin rights? That's how I install software on my WinXP systems, and for the most part it seems to work ok.

If that fails, did you try granting authority through the Group Policy Editor?

RayG

 

[RSLancastr]

Everyone.

Just get one of those Gazillion-in-1 media card readers. Much easier.

I am looking into that, thanks!

Was the software installed from the limited user account using admin rights? That's how I install software on my WinXP systems, and for the most part it seems to work ok.

How does one grant "admin rights" to a limited user? The only options I see on the control panel for User Accounts are to make the user a Limited User or an Administrator.

To answeer your question though, I installed the software as an administrator, because it said you had to install it with admin authority.

If that fails, did you try granting authority through the Group Policy Editor?

I'm not familiar with it, though I used a policy editor in Win NT years ago. Does it work with XP Home edition? I will download it and see, thanks.

 

[Darat]

I am looking into that, thanks!

How does one grant "admin rights" to a limited user? The only options I see on the control panel for User Accounts are to make the user a Limited User or an Administrator.

To answeer your question though, I installed the software as an administrator, because it said you had to install it with admin authority.

I'm not familiar with it, though I used a policy editor in Win NT years ago. Does it work with XP Home edition? I will download it and see, thanks.

Right click on a executable file and you'll see an option "run as" - allows you to run a program as another user without logging out.

Most programs will run fine under a limited account once they've been installed by an admin account.

(ETA) Just re-read your post and I got the wrong end of the stick - it looks as if Easyshare is not one of those "most programs" I mentioned!

 

[Darat]

RS: check out this site http://nonadmin.editme.com/KnownProblems

 

[De_Bunk]

Card reader..

Thats exactly what i done. Easy to use, easier to hide.

DB

 

[Starthinker]

Funny, we just purchased 40 Kodaks and some users sprung for the docking station (otherwise they have card readers and USB connections) and the Easy Share software installed for the docking stations caused errors on every machine. No two errors were the same and ranged from the program hanging on startup or shutdown, to automatic updates causing unwanted browser windows popping up. I was not impressed. The cameras are great but I'd recommend not installing the software.

 

[RayG]

How does one grant "admin rights" to a limited user? The only options I see on the control panel for User Accounts are to make the user a Limited User or an Administrator.

As Darat has pointed out, while in the Limited account, right-click on the installation/setup executable file, click Run As..., and select the 2nd radio button (“the following user”) enter the user name and password for the account, and click OK.

More info on Run As here:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294676&sd=tech
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/06/23/163229.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/runas.mspx?mfr=true

To answeer your question though, I installed the software as an administrator, because it said you had to install it with admin authority.

Yes, but was it installed using admin authority, but while actually IN the limited account? I've found the only reason I need to login to my admin account anymore is if I want updates from Microsoft, for everything else I run in my limited account. I install programs, surf, chat, check email, prepare documents, and do all my day-to-day computing using the limited user account. (that helps to prevent spyware/trojans/worms/etc. from getting on my systems too)

I'm not familiar with it, though I used a policy editor in Win NT years ago. Does it work with XP Home edition? I will download it and see, thanks.

An even easier method might be changing permisson for the file or folder using cacls.exe The link Darat provided shows the command line entry from Smiegel as

cacls "C:\Program Files\Kodak" /e /t /p Users:F

For further info on cacls:
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-1050976.html
http://www.ss64.com/nt/cacls.html

Further info on changing permissions here:
http://www.scottxp.com/winxp.php


RayG

 

[Hellbound]

Just a note.

I've worked with this particular software (if "worked" is the right word) and I have already prepared a red-hot, spiked poker for insertion into a certain body orifiace of the programmer who wrote this.

Okay. The program needs administrator rights to run. Yes, you heard right. Run As will install it, but it will fail every time you restart because it can't run without Admin.

I woudl return it and buy a better camera, one that isn't a Kodi*k Easy-Shread.

As an aside, there are programs out there that allow you to assing rights to specific exectuable files, which is what I ended up doing (it was the company owner's computer, we had to make it work). Can't recall the name of the software we used, though, but it was pretty good. When I say rights, I mean that the program itself would have, say, admin rights.