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Topic: How to assign rights to a user

Posted By: iSec
Subject: How to assign rights to a user
Date Posted: 22 August 2006 at 7:34pm

Is there a way to assign a right to a user so that the user can install/uninstall programs; without making the user an administrator? This is on Windows Server 2003.

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"When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars"
-Charles A. Beard

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Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 11:12am

I thought standard users could install stuff but maybe I'm wrong.

Try putting the user in the Power Users group

Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 23 August 2006 at 8:18pm

Thanks. I finally got a hold of one of the IT instructors at the school I go to... he said that it dpeneds on the software...normal users can install some softwares and won't be able to install other softwares depending on which software it is... I created a normal user account and logged in..i was able to remove winrar from add/remove programs... so that's a fact...

I also suggested to him what you advised me about Power user group...he said yes that group can install/uninstall programs no matter what program it is. Thanks again.

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"When it gets dark enough, you can see the stars"
-Charles A. Beard

Posted By: Tegwin
Date Posted: 31 August 2006 at 12:02am

The other way to do it is to use group policy, that way you can install software when a particular user logs in..