"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> __/ [Harold Fuchs] on Monday 07 November 2005 09:09 \__
>
>>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:dk05sg$2od6$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> __/ [Tom] on Friday 28 October 2005 18:51 \__
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just got a Z22. I am having problem installing the software to XP
>>>>> Pro.
>>>>> I need to ask my admin to login and have him install the software for
>>>>> me.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is when I login, the palm desktop or the hotsync will not
>>>>> work
>>>>> at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any solution?
>>>>
>>>> None other than waiting for the administrator to install all necessary
>>>> software. Windows XP does not support Palm devices at its core (from
>>>> what
>>>> I
>>>> have recently heard neither will Vista). You must have the add-ons,
>>>> e.g.
>>>> HotSync Manager, Palm Desktop and so forth.
>>>>
>>>> It appears much easier with Linux where Palm support is built-in (most
>>>> modern
>>>> distributions), so it's a plug-and-play situation.
>>>>
>>>> Hope it helps,
>>>>
>>>> Roy
>>>>
>>
>> "E2User" <null@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:gqhbf.9874$Hj2.9826@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> If you're the only user of the PC, you can probably ask your sysadmin to
>>> add you as an admininstrator of that PC.
>
>
> Either that, or the system administrator will have to install the
> software. I
> suspect that Palm Desktop and HotSync Manager need to be installed in the
> typical way which includes Registry entries. This means that you can't
> just
> run the binaries (e.g. palm.exe).
>
>
>> I *think* that what you need to do is as follows:
>>
>> 1. Log in as Administrator
>> 2. Add you to the Administrator group
>> 3. Log in as you
>> 4. Install the software
>> 5. Log in as Administrator
>> 6. Remove you from the Administrator group
>> 7. Restart the computer
>>
>> Windows's security model is completely broken. Page one of any security
>> manual says you shouldn't use any computer as the sysadmin if that
>> computer
>> is connected to a network (because that gives any malware admin rights).
>> Anyone trying to use XP as a non-admin is facing an uphill struggle as
>> more
>> and more software fails, in more or less serious ways, in this
>> environment.
>
>
> I second that, but it doesn't solve the OP's problem. I suppose sudo would
> have been far more trivial and quick.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Roy
>
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In fact Windows XP allows a "run as" mode where you can run a program as the
administrator if you know the administrator's password.
Unfortunately, in the case of the Palm Desktop installer (and much else
besides), this does *not* help because it puts the relevant registry entries
in the wrong place - under the Administrator account whereas the OP needs
them under his account. The 7-step method I detailed seems to work.
--
Harold Fuchs
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
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