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  Quote camdebuck Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Software doesn't work with users without Admin
    Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 5:47pm
I've installed the software using my administrator account on my kids computer.  Their accounts do not have administrative privileges (using XP Professional).  The software will not work on may account without admin privileges.
 
I believe this due to how the install program has been setup and is not registering the dll's and what not correctly.  I know when installing some programs it asks if you want this to work on the current account or all accounts.
 
I've also tried installing the software under the kids account using admin privileges, but that did not work as well. 
 
This would lead me to believe that it is how the install program was created and it not registering the software properly.
 
Help.  Thank you in advance.
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The software installs for the current user only.  As mentioned, this is a limitation of the installer and not Aurora itself.  I will look into what it will take to include the "All Users" option in the MSI for a future version.
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  Quote JonB256 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 10:27pm
Change the kid's accounts to Admin, install the software, change them back to the original level. That should do it.
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  Quote camdebuck Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Nov 2008 at 10:34pm

Which installer are you using?  I use to create install files and can probably give you all of the necessary details. 

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  Quote LightsOnLogan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 10:17am

The current installer is VSI (Visual Studio Installer).  Despite its shortcomings (like lack of the all users property), so far it has been the only installer to get Aurora correctly installed on Vista (we've tried a few others). 

It is on the list to edit the MSI with Orca to set the AllUsers property to 2, but the proper beta cycle for this test this hasn't opened up yet (prioritization). 
 
You can try installing Aurora using msiexec instead of Setup.exe by running the following from the command line when logged in as administrator:
 
MSIEXEC.EXE /I "Aurora Sequencer.msi" ALLUSERS=2
 
This setup option has not been through a beta cycle and as such remains unsupported.  It may work for you or it may fail miserably.
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  Quote LightsOnLogan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 12:07pm
I'm going to look into automating this in the install, but the above will work with one extra detail:
 
After installing via MSIEXEC (when logged on as admin) you will need to right click on the Program Files\Aurora Sequencer directory and select the security tab.  From there you will need to grant access to each user you want to be able to use Aurora.
 
If anyone else is passing through this thread and doesn't understand what is being said then... don't try it because you probably don't need it anyway.
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