A user has to be a local administrator to install software. Anything less would not be reliable.
So script adding the user to the local admins group, do your install, then remove from the group. Another choice is to run the install as a startup script. Carl From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Perhaps a dumb GPO question... ...but I need to know how to assign the right to install software to a particular user. Somewhere in user rights assignment ought have this, but it's not explicit. Would "Log on as a service" and/or "Act as part of the OS" do this? Note that this would not be an actual person using the desktop systems but rather would be a "user" scripted in an install procedure. This user would then be disabled once the installs are completed. Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCAR 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 <http://www.aspca.org/> www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsR (ASPCAR) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
