Framemaker installed under Administrator

[Syed.Hosain at aeris.net]

Overzealousness at its height, I suspect. Or a novice Administrator.

Installing an application with "allow running for all users" can be done
only as an Administrator if that is what he wants to control. It has
*nothing* to do with giving away Administrator rights or passwords, and
will not cause the user to miraculously gain new abilities to *install*
other software. It is a standard Windows (albeit optional) application
installation capability so that *all* users of a given system can run
programs installed by others (typically Administrators!)

Clearly, some applications (Photoshop in his example ...) select the
"allow run for all users" as their default (and the installer programs
don't ask apparently!) - and this guy is too much of a novice to
understand that, I suppose? Other applications use this optional feature
in Windows installations, (to restrict usage to a singel user for
example), and FrameMaker installation falls into this camp apparently.
Probably because of a different installer program being used by
FrameMaker.

There are probably some white papers, or explanations, of this optional
capability, available on the Microsoft web site I suppose. But this will
take time to research.

I think all he as to do ... as Administrator ... to fix this issue:

1. De-activate FrameMaker.
2. Uninstall FrameMaker.
3. Re-install FrameMaker - with "run for all users" allowed.
4. Re-activate FrameMaker.

This does not empower the non-Admin user of that system to do other
installations! Or to violate any security holes. Frankly, Adobe is not
likely to "fix" FrameMaker to accommodate such a silly request.

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott White
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:40 PM
To: Art Campbell
Cc: FrameUsers List; O'Laoghaire Micheal
Subject: Re: Framemaker installed under Administrator

Ok I just got off the phone with this guy. He doesn't like my
suggestions, Art's suggestion or anyone else's.
He wants to control what gets installed and downloaded on a machine so
he wants to do all installs and downloads as administrator rights. He
doesn't want to give this person administrator rights to run the
software in fear this person will download other things.
He installed photoshop and InDesign under these rules and they will open
up for the user rights. It's just Frame that won't. He wants me to get
with Adobe and have them fix this or get answers to his problem.

He just sent me a log dissertation on why windows administrators must do
what they are doing -- make everything tighter than bark on a tree.

Any other help appreciated.



Scott White
Media Production & EBC Manager
Implementation Coordinator
210-704-8239
swhite at alamark.com