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Office Install Kirk Bay 07-10-2005
|--> Re: Office Install Lanwench [MVP -...07-10-2005
Posted by =?Utf-8?B?S2lyayBCYXk=?= on July 10, 2005, 5:07 pm
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I work in an organization where all users are local admins are their PC's
(all running XP Pro).

We're in the process of changing the security model so that the user's will
have user access rather than administrator. One big problem we've hit so far
is that changing the user's permissons breaks all shortcuts and in some cases
access to the apps altogether.

Our biggest application concern in MS Office. Anybody know of a way to
change permissions without breaking the whole thing.

Thx

Kirk


Posted by Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] on July 10, 2005, 5:48 pm
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> I work in an organization where all users are local admins are their
> PC's (all running XP Pro).
>
> We're in the process of changing the security model so that the
> user's will have user access rather than administrator. One big
> problem we've hit so far is that changing the user's permissons
> breaks all shortcuts

It does? How so?

> and in some cases access to the apps altogether.
>
> Our biggest application concern in MS Office. Anybody know of a way to
> change permissions without breaking the whole thing.

As long as Office is installed to run all its components from the local
computer, it shouldn't be a problem at all. Test and see whether a full
reinstall makes it work.

You haven't mentioned your version of Office, which might help, too....
>
> Thx
>
> Kirk



Posted by Roger Abell on July 11, 2005, 3:38 am
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The Lanwench is right on about needing to know the version of Office,
as Office 2000 was in some ways fairly brain-dead about running as
a plain user.

Other than that you mostly answered your own question when you said
> change permissions without breaking the whole thing
IOW, you are changing the memberships of the accounts, so in order to
keep from breaking things you need to make sure that the permissions
on them grant Users group what is needed instead of only granting to
Administrators group.
For a shortcut this would be both the shortcut lnk itself and what it
targets.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Security)

> I work in an organization where all users are local admins are their PC's
> (all running XP Pro).
>
> We're in the process of changing the security model so that the user's
will
> have user access rather than administrator. One big problem we've hit so
far
> is that changing the user's permissons breaks all shortcuts and in some
cases
> access to the apps altogether.
>
> Our biggest application concern in MS Office. Anybody know of a way to
> change permissions without breaking the whole thing.
>
> Thx
>
> Kirk
>



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