Question for techies: how do you give Admin permission to a program?
Thursday, September 23, 2004 by paxx | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Running Windows XP Pro, logged on as a user (not an Admin), how would I give permission to Norton Anti-Virus Live Update to run the live update automatically, without having to log out of the user mode mode and log back in as Administrator?
Anybody knows? I been wondering that for a while now. Cause it's a real pain.
Reply #2 Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:02 AM
No, I mean, give it permanent permission so it can run its automatic update unattended... Is there a way?
Thanks for answering though. 
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Reply #3 Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:05 AM
Reply #4 Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:10 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:47 PM
Really? Just the user password, not the admin password? Cause Live Update won't work if ran from the user account. I must log in as Admin. I'll try it anyway. Thanks.
BTW: while I'm at it, does XP let you restrict certain programs for certain users? A friend of mine asked me that question. She has two kids, an older and a younger one. Her older boy plays a lot of shot-em-up games, but she doesn't want to let her younger one play those games. So, is it possible to tell XP to block the execution of some specific programs for a specific user?
Reply #6 Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:57 PM
On your second question, yes. It does take some user rights changes. You could create a special group, put those users in that group, remove them from the normal users group, and set appropriate rights to the program directories that group could and couldn't access.
Alternately, you could install the restricted programs to an alternate path (not Program Files) and restrict rights to that path.
Reply #7 Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:04 PM
Hmmm, dunno about that. I know some programs can be installed for a specific user only. I've never had to do it so... 
Reply #8 Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:22 PM
you should be able to run this as a scheduled task in the scheduler. Use the add scheduled task wizard and once you've selected the program and the schedule, you should have a dialog that asks you for the username and password, you can enter the admin info here, and it will run as that user. I'm guessing that the auto update is an application that can be run, not a function of another application.
Reply #10 Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:22 PM
Patric...boot into Safe Mode as the Administrator and file and folder will show a security setting on the right click...you can allow total or partial control of any programs for any users you want.
Reply #11 Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:26 PM
There ya go - in pictures. You'll see the task has run successfully
Reply #12 Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:27 PM
Wow, thanks gary.
Fuzzy Logic: I think I understand... Netdetect isn't the live update program, but it checks if you have an internet connexion every 5 minutes, and that NetDetect software needs to run with the user password... If I understand correctly. And that would be why Live Update doesn't want to run as a user. Makes sense. I'll try it. Can't now, it's not for this machine, but for another machine. Thanks mucho mucho!
Reply #13 Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:32 PM
Yes, that's it. You'll have it updating in no time 
Reply #14 Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:48 PM
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Reply #1 Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:25 AM
Right click on the program » run as » administrator » enter the password.