Re: need administrator privileges to in stall?
Jim wrote: My question still stands -- Has there been a change in the way Sea Monkey installs? no It has never required me to log in as an administrator before the current change to install new releases. the problem is at your end. Perhaps you think you're logged in as an admin, but you're really not. -- *IMPORTANT*: Sorry folks, but I cannot provide email help Emails to me may become public Notice: This posting is protected under the Free Speech Laws, which applies everywhere in the FREE world, except for some strange reason, not to the mozilla.org newsgroup servers, where your posting may get you banned. Peter Potamus His Magic Flying Balloon: http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/mp3/p-potamus.mp3 http://www.toonopedia.com/potamus.htm ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: need administrator privileges to in stall?
My question still stands -- Has there been a change in the way Sea Monkey installs? It has never required me to log in as an administrator before the current change to install new releases. BTW, I talked to IT today, and they restored my PR account, so I could log in as an administrator to do those things requiring administrator privileges. Jim Michael Gordon wrote: snip As a user anytime you install, or upgrade a program Windows XP should halt the install application and declare the installation requires admin authority to install. /snip ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: need administrator privileges to in stall?
Jim replied On 3/19/2009 9:42 PM Hi all-- I tried to install SM 1.1.15 at work today, and the installation package complained about me not being logged in as administrator. Is this something new, or do I have to beg to IT to have administrator priveleges? (Never saw that message in previous SM installs). Our IT department has the policy that you must log in as administrator at least once a month, or you lose your privileges. I guess I didn't for one month :( Jim, What your IT department did was rather strange in that they allowed you to have admin authority over your Win XP PC. What they did was create an account for you on your PC that has user authority, that is to run installed programs, but they were also very nice to you in giving you access to the admin login. The first part is for PC local security so users won't install something harmful to the PC or the local network, the second part is to remove some of the IT workload of installing software, or approving software for the network systems. As a user anytime you install, or upgrade a program Windows XP should halt the install application and declare the installation requires admin authority to install. The requirement to login once a month as the admin to retain your your authority is one method IT has to control employee movement within the organization and outside the organization. Michael ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: need administrator privileges to in stall?
Michael-- There are many things for which we need administrator's privileges at work. We have our workstation PCs in our cubes, where we can crunch data, feed our faces, and guzzle coffee, and our instruments in our lab that control our analytical instruments (gas chromatographs, mass spectrometers, etc.) We all have administrator rights on those machines, because the controlling software needs them to run. Regarding installing something harmful on our local network or PCs, not being an administrator would never prevent us from doing that. We are good at destroying things :) Jim Jim, What your IT department did was rather strange in that they allowed you to have admin authority over your Win XP PC. What they did was create an account for you on your PC that has user authority, that is to run installed programs, but they were also very nice to you in giving you access to the admin login. The first part is for PC local security so users won't install something harmful to the PC or the local network, the second part is to remove some of the IT workload of installing software, or approving software for the network systems. As a user anytime you install, or upgrade a program Windows XP should halt the install application and declare the installation requires admin authority to install. The requirement to login once a month as the admin to retain your your authority is one method IT has to control employee movement within the organization and outside the organization. Michael ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
