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Detecting Admin Privileges Via Code
Detecting Admin Privileges Via Code

Detecting Admin Privileges Via Code

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Detecting Admin Privileges Via Code Bowman, John C. 07-22-2008
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= on August 3, 2008, 5:26 am
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Sorry, to intrude but was this posted from another newsgroup. The first
person I have just says unknown with nothing inside from the poster and then
I see Alun Jones response clearly. Can someone elaborate because I have not
plonked anyone and just post via my Windows Live aka old-school hotmail
account.

"Alun Jones" wrote:

> > Thanks for the response. The answer is I must require administrative
> > privileges because it's a tool that runs numerous installers and it should
> > not allow the user to proceed w/o admin rights. This includes of course
> > writing to HKLM/ C:\Program Files, etc. since it's part of an installation
> > process.
>
> Why shouldn't it be allowed to proceed as a user who is _not_ an
> administrator, but which has the privilege to write to HKLM, Program Files,
> etc?
>
> Alun.
> ~~~~
>
>

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