On 5/21/07, Andrew Sinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ian Thomas wrote:
> You don't need admin rights to run an .exe file. Typically, you need
> admin rights to run an _installer_, but if your app is a single
> self-contained .exe then there's no need for an installer.
That's certainly news to me. Everything I have ever built has been
broken down into multiple files, so I've never attempted to distribute a
single file exe. However, I'm quite skeptical of what you are saying.
As I understand it, a typical institutional/corporate privileges
configuration restricts non-admin "execute" rights to only the Programs
and Windows folders, which in turn have "write" privs set to false.
This combination makes in impossible for non admins to run anything that
hasn't been installed by an admin. (The typical exception being CDs and
removable devices.) But this is just what I've inferred. I've never
specifically asked.
Well - it's certainly something that's never been a problem for us!
But now I've double-checked with a friend who works for the Ministry
of Defense, and you're quite right - with 3rd-party technology you
really can lock down XP to that extent, which is something I hadn't
thought about (shows how often I work with big corporations these
days!).
However, from recent (painful) experience porting a whole bunch of
apps to Vista, it's not a problem in out-of-the-box Vista/XP
installations (standard restricted-rights users).
Sorry for the noise!
Ian
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