Re: Utility wanted to allow all of TheBat!'s features to be used by non-administrators using Windows XP Home

Hello Dan,

Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 8:21:59 AM, Dan Grunberg wrote:

> Getting the Security tab is _not_ the solution for XP Home users. The
> problem is that when you can see the Security tab and give a
> non-administrative user the privileges necessary to change a program's
> files (as the user must do to add words to a TheBat! dictionary and/or
> to train BayesIt to recognize SPAM), the user still cannot change the
> files.

Are you having problem while logged in as a 'limited' user?

Are you sure you gave the limited user the 'change' (i.e. modify)
right to the 'C:\Program Files\The Bat!\Speller' Directory on a NTFS
partition when logged in as an 'Admin' user? see
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1455469,00.asp

... <snip>

> Simplified file sharing is the default mode in both XP Home and XP
> Pro, but simplified file sharing can only be turned off in XP Pro.

I don't use home version. Ok

> Nevertheless (as I have posted in another message on this group) at
> least one software publisher has written a utility to work around the
> problem. (Who knows, _perhaps_ the publisher change his software's
> registry entries without the use of an XP Pro's security-tab's
> "wizard."

I don't use Home version. From what I've read per
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1455469,00.asp you don't need a
utility.

,----- [ per http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1455469,00.asp ]
| On a computer running Windows XP Home Edition and NTFS, you can set
| individual permissions similar to those available in Windows XP Pro or
| Windows 2000. The problem is, the Properties dialog for drives and
| folders on an NTFS system does not have a Security tab. The only way
| to set permissions is to log on as administrator, which you can do
| only from Safe Mode. (To boot into Safe Mode, press F8 after the
| graphical boot screen appears and select Safe Mode with Networking
| from the menu.) After logging on as administrator, open the Sharing
| tab of a shared folder's Properties dialog and click Permissions. As
| shown in Figure 2 , you can set Full Control, Change, or Read
| permissions for the users and groups in your network. To set granular
| permissions for additional users, choose Add | Advanced | Find Now,
| and you'll see a display of user names (local users only). Select a
| name and click OK, then set the permissions.
`-----

Just trying to help.

-- 
Best Regards,
Greg Strong

Using The Bat! v3.0.2.8 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2