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How do you install Visor Pro on a WIN2K system when you are a restricted user? We cannot be power user nor admin users. We were temp admin user before we where switch back to restricted users. Error we are getting is "error 4 category links" whatdoes this mean? we get this when we try to Hotsysnc.

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by joseph moore

You probably won't be able to.
Win2K has security permissions on a file level, and to install you wind up changing protected files.
Also, the Registry has its own security.
Lastly, there are policies on a Win2K machine that also restrict things.

To do what you want, you would have to 1) change the NTFS permissions on the files your install needs to change so your account would have the rights to modify the files
2) change the security settings in the Registry for every branch your install needs to change so your account has rights to do the changing/adding
3) Change the policy settings on the machine to allow your account to create Services, add Drivers, and do many other things.

Basically, if you don't have the rights to do something, you aren't going to be able to do it. That is the point.

Your network admins can look into Group Policy settings to remotely install software.

by dolcetta

To install PocketMirror on a Windows 2000 machine, the domain user account must be part of the admin group to the local machine.

During the installation, entries are made into the user's current registry and the local machine's registry. This isalso true for the Palm Desktop software being installed on 2000. Installing PocketMirror while logged in as the "Administrator" will not allow access to PocketMirror when the user is logged in to their own account. Once PocketMirror is installed, the Administrator privilege may be removed from the user account. The instructions are as follows...

Windows 2000 Professional:
1. Log out of the workstation and log back in under the Administrator account.
2. Click on "Start/Settings/Control Panel".
3. From the "Control Panel", double-click on the "Administrative Tools" icon.
4. From the "Administrative Tools" window, double-click "Computer Management".
5. Under "System Tools", click on the "+" sign next to "Local Users and Groups" and click on the "Groups" folder.
6. On the right side, double-click on the group called "Administrators".
7. From the "Administrator Properties" window, click "Add".
8. From the "Select Users or Groups" window, make sure the Domain Name is selected in the "Look in:" drop down menu (if no domain exists then select the machine name).
9. In the Names section below, select the Network User Account name (or local user account) to be given the Administrative privileges, click "Add" and "OK".
10. You will note that Members in the Local Group Properties for Administrators now lists the "domain\username".
11. Click "OK" and close the "Computer Management" and the "Administrative Tools" windows.
12. Log off the Workstation and log back in under the User account that was just given the Administrator privilege.

Now you should be able to install PocketMirror successfully.

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