OK, I think I fixed it... Since I was not SYSTEM, I could not change the permissions. However, I was able to take ownership of the file. Once I took ownership, I could then change the rights for SYSTEM (as well as for ADMINISTRATORS).
Thanks for your patience, but this is why businesses have been slow to accept Vista. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/07/2008 02:23:37 PM: > Right! > > How does one give additional permissions to SYSTEM and ADMINISTRATORS? The > only member of the latter does not seem to have the right to change > permissions on that file... > > BTW, a GOOGLE search indicates that this is a common problem lacking a > common solution. > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > "Tim Vander Kooi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/07/2008 02:18:33 PM: > > > Normally you should have at least 4 groups on the root: Users, > > Administrators, System, and Trusted Installers; all of them except for > > Users should have Full Control rights. Users will have only Read and > > Execute. > > TVK > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 1:57 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Push install of Office2003 to Vista > > > > Blundering along, most of the software packages pushed out via GPO > > installed onto my new Vista box. The exception was Office2003. Finally > > > > finding the event logs, I see a problem with the file [system > > root]\system32\mapisvc.inf. The system does not have the right to > > update > > this file. > > > > All "users" (which includes SYSTEM and ADMINISTRATORS) have only read > > and > > execute rights. Only "TrustedInstaller" has write, modify, or full > > rights. Furthermore, although SYSTEM is listed as the owner, I am > > having > > difficulty granting SYSTEM additional rights. After I post this, I'm > > going to go see if there is a local group called "TrustedInstaller" to > > which I can add SYSTEM, but is there any other way to get GPO-pushed > > installs to work? > > > > (FWIW, Firefox, AcrobatReader, and a couple of others successfully > > loaded > > via GPO). > > -------------------------------------- > > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > > ASPCA Knowledge Management > > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > > 217-337-9761 > > http://www.aspca.org > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
