User rights

for these programs, the desired users gotta have some kind of local account cuz the programs don't have a clue about domain accounts.
does the user have local admin rights? or power user rights as suggested.
also imhe i've fixed this by using regedt32 and checking permissions on registry entries for the programs that won't run. might need to check folder pernmissions too but for me it's always the registry entries.
as you know, when programs install only in the profile you used to install the program then that your tip off they ain't 'nt aware' as we used to say...
it's always permissions because program doesn't know what to do about them properly.
as for getting them into the profile you want, after i get 'em working in the profile i want, i just cheat and manually create the shortcut on the desktop or drag the shortcuts/start menu items from one profile to the other. some admins temporarily grant admin rights to user then take em back down to power user after install. if you choose this method may offer 2 cents more and suggest you make a different desktop background for admin account that really shouts out: this here account is logged in as admin!
some admins get around this whole thing by putting their users in domain global user group then adding that to local admin or maybe power users group. that is cracking things pretty wide open but stuff just works then.

Hello
Yes, I have given a user admin righs just to install, the problem is, sometimes it seems to take a long time for the user rights to be changed on the workstation. Meaning, I give admin rights, and even an hourt later, logging on he still doesnt have them. I am thinking that this is cause his logon is cached, and is not picked up from the server, but am not sure. Therefore this method doesnt work well.

As for setting the user with local admin rights, I cant seem to do it on a domain. I am sure I may not be doing it correctly, but everytime I try, it creats a local user on the system, defeating the purpose of having the program run on the profile I need it to! I posted this because I am sure there must be a way, and I am just not doing it correctly.

However, setting user to Power user seems to work fine!