On 06/05/07, Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 5 May 2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > I strongly suggest that you set up an administrator account that is > > separate from the user account that you do your work in, and remove > > system administration privileges from that user account. Even though > > it is a bit of an annoyance to have to login as administrator to > > install software, it's the correct way to run nearly any modern > > operating system (Windows XP, Mac OS X, Linux and UNIX ...) > > > > I set up every system Mac OS X I am contracted to work on this way. > > With very very few exceptions, it works exactly as it is supposed to. > > There are a couple of 'still not yet properly sorted' applications > > that require the user to have administrator privileges ... they > > should be avoided. > > > > Godfrey > > > Agreed. It's unfortunate that Winders and some applications > penalize a "correct" setup like that. I rarely use Windows, but I've > never come across the equivalent of the 'sudo' command under unix. Very > handy for running something as somebody else without having to log in as > them. > > -Cory
Right click on the app and choose "Run As" and choose the username you want to run the app as. Seems to work weel enough. Or from a DOS prompt; runas /user:administrator yourappname. Eric. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
