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Anyone using XP Pro-
I have a problem that I just discovered. Whenever I installed MS RT from the administrator account, but try to access it from another account, the server can't be found. Is that just the way it is, or am I doing something wrong?
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hey g.... your correct.... the user accounts are for just that purpose to keep the certain files or programs from certain users... in most setups only the administrator can add or remove programs......
that has obvious benifits in the professional world but can be annoying in ours..... you should be able to right click on the meta bull, desktop icon, and choose 'run as'..... type in your admin info, it'll open then....
you might want to make sure meta is a shared file, available for all users.... h
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Run as...
That worked, but it still requires that you use 'run as' every time (though I see why). Hey, I've never used that command before. Maybe I'm staring to become more computer literate now. :wink:
Still, since there is only one person that will be using MS, I think I'm going to uninstall it and reinstall it under the user ID instead of the administrator ID. That will be the right way to handle it.
Thanks again, H!
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In XP there is something called "SET PROGRAM DEFAULT ACCESS" somethin'
( Sorry I delete that kinda of stuff on my computer ) but it should allow you to set your account to have access to the metastock software without you having to reinstall the software.
Patrick :mrgreen:
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I can get to 'Set Program Access and Defaults'. It is available on the add-remove programs dialog as well. I don't see how to make it do what I need it to do. Any further instructions before I hit the self-destruct button? :cry:
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Try this :
Right Click on my computer and select manage.
Open the local Users and groups fodler, open the users folder.
In the list of users, find your account and right click on it.
Select properties and click on the member of tab.
If you see power user in the list remove it and add the administrator group.
Patrick
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It already lists administrators as the available group. :(
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.... :( sorry I'm kinda sorta outa ideas
I would right click on the shortcut select propertiesand goof around there but ultimately it is not worth the time, at this point you are better off uninstalling and reinstalling ...
Patrick :mrgreen:
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That's OK Patrick. I never figured that I had much of a chance to save it anyway. It's not that important, just a little time consuming. I'm fairly new with installing programs as the administrator. It's just a situation that I haven't come across before. I'm still learning. :D
Thanks!
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The install write to the CURRENT_USER part of the registry. If you installed using a different profile to what you plan on using it with, you will run into these problems. Either re-install as the user profile, or log-in as admin, export the HKCU\\Software\\Equis key to a central location that both profiles can access, than log-in as the user profile and install the reg file.
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Hmm...
I'll have to check that out. It makes sense to me. I'll let you know. More than anything, I just want to see if I can fix it... for the experience. I don't really care one way or another if I have to reinstall. Now it is more of a challenge! Yee haw! :D
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You're #1!! After backing up the registry, I exported the Equis key from the admin account and imported it into the user account. Everything works great. I'm sure this will help me out in the future with other software too. Thanks for the lesson! :D
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