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by james richardson

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I would like to remove our existing AntiVirus Software, and then install another product. My problem is we have WNT4 SP5 Workstation, users have no local ADMIN rights, and they cannot be granted ADMIN due to policies. I would like to find a way togrant a user ADMIN rights for the duration of their logon, while the logon script performs the uninstall of the previous software, and then installs the new software. We don't have WSH installed on the clients. Has anyone had a similar problem andcome up with a solution?

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by jlouis45

First tell me what is the operating system in the client. Secondly if you want to increase the duration on the client to server logon on WIN NT 4.0 go to start - programs - domain / client manager and select the name of the client and double click - go to hours and select / deselect the hours you want him/her to logon.

About uninstalling the software if the client is on WIN98 go to control panel add/remove software and uninstall it.

Hope it works.

by ebob

I have had a similar problem with NT4WkStn and user policies. It seems to me we worked around this not by granting "Admin" privileges, but by going into the finer details and allowing (temporarily) the users to (un)install software.

But one word of warning: since your users do not normally do software (un)installs, they might mess it up, even if it IS scripted and all they have to do is "double-click" some email attachment (for example). Never underestimate the creativity of our users!

Another approach that works well, is to have somebody in each department or workgroup, who has the necessary access privileges go to each PC. Not only can they (un)install the required software, they can provide a little user training and some hand-holding.

(PS: I'm sure you provided "the operating system of the client" and described the problem quite nicely, but then again, maybe it's just "me and Monday morning". )

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