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Terminal Server 2003 r2 user acces rights

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by info

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I have configured terminal server to launch a program when a user logs in, which works fine the problem I'm having is this program needs to access a shared folder to work correctly. The only way I can get this to work is if I give each user accessing the terminal server, domain administration rights, this obvoiusly isnt the best solution but nothing else seems to work.

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by ethan

Althought this is another less than perfect solution, I am usually successful in getting an application which requires access to certain files by doing the following:

TEMPORARILY add the user to the local administrator group of the terminal server
Logon as the user
Install the application
Logoff as the user
REMOVE the user from the local administrator group of the terminal server
Log back in as the user

Each users' profile has a windows folder where many programs will install files necessary for the proper operation of that software. When you install the software while logged onto the users account, those necessary files will be installed to that paticular users Windows folder, which again, is located under their terminal server profile folder. Other software programs will also install files to other locations that this possible solution does not cover.

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