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by rcoolman

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Strange situation...recently upgraded domain from NT to 03. Our win xp systems are having trouble running a certain ap when users are logged in that do not have extended rights. If I make the user a Power user on that system, then all is well. Also, if I open explorer as such a user, I can browse to where the data is, but if I go to teh address bar and put in teh drive letter: then it says access denied. I suspect this is due to some havoc wreaked on teh registry by our old ntconfig.pol policy file (which I have killed) but I can't figure out how to undo it. ??

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by tellmewhy

install all critical updates and service pack on Xp systems.

Upgrade to the latest version of that particular application or ask the support people from that website which sell that application.

Add the .exe extension file to the "Allowed applications" in the group policy settings for those xp systems.

I hope this answers your question

by rcoolman

Checking with vendor was the key. File permissions on certain files stored locally had to be set.

by rcoolman

I will check out the 2nd & 3rd suggestions in the next day or so. As for the windows updates, we have recently made sure they are up to date. I can't imagine anything critical coming of that. Thanks.

by zaferus

I am guessing that this app is older in design? The first thing we do is contact the vendor themselves. It's normally worth the cost of a single incident if you do have to pay to see what they recommend. It's very likely not the first time they've heard of this issue, and no one knows the product like the vendor who made it!

Zaf

by rcoolman

Checking with vendor was the key. File permissions on certain files stored locally had to be set.

by matherg

We ran into the same problem during our migration as well, and found it to be tied to permissions in the registry. As a work around, try going into the registry to HKLM\Software and locate the name of the app you are having problem with, Right click on the named app and set the permissions to full control for Users.

by rcoolman

Checking with vendor was the key. File permissions on certain files stored locally had to be set.

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