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unable to load software in W2k

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by rpalfery

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I 'm trying to load palm desktop on a users machine and while i can load it logged on as the user or admin loccally, i cannot load it while the user is logged on to the network. You can't copy from profile to profile and can't create a shortcut. I've loaded it on the network drive,but it isn't accessible. Only from the server.
I'm sure I'm ovelooking something simple.
To sum up, it is accessible if the user is logged on locally, but they need while logged on to the network. win 2000 Server and win2000 pro on the desktops. I even added the user to the administrators group locally and on the network, but no luck.
Any help would be appreciated

thanks

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by craighassan

Maybe I am misunderstanding what you have already tried.

"I even added the user to the administrators group locally and on the network, but no luck."

Did you add the user's "network" account to the Local Administrators group or add the local user account?

I believe the software will need to be installed on the local machine and profiles made for each separate user.

When the user logs in with their network account they have local admin privs and can install from network share or cd.

Hope this helped.
Craig

by rpalfery

the user cannot load the software, Palmdesktop, while logged on to the network from the local machine. the software loads and operates when the user is logged on to their machine. but therin lies the problem. the user wants to be able to use the software while logged on to the network and the program won't let her load it locally saying that the user does not have administrative rights. And yes, i have given the user admin rights locally and on the network. The issue w/ Palm is that the exe loads to the desktop that is displayed. you cannot move it or create shortcuts to it.

by hjs

We do this all the time. Make the user part of the local admin group, install the software and remove them from the group. If you are still have trouble, the profile may be corrupt.

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