Here in our office network most users have to have admin access to run certain applications. I am wanting to prevent these admin accounts from further installing applications, etc. Is there an easy way to accomplish this using group policy, applocker or the like?.
View 3 RepliesI have windows 7 ultimate installed, with multiple admin accounts. What I want is a private folder, that would be not be accessible to other admins. The problem is that other admins can take ownership of my folder and change permissions. What can I do? (Besides using specialized third party software).
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have windows 7 ultimate installed, with multiple admin accounts.What I want is a private folder, that would be not be accessible to other admins. The problem is that other admins can take ownership of my folder and change permissions. What can I do? (besides using specialized third party software)
View 1 Replies View RelatedI got a computer from my work and as u know every thing is blocked and i don't have any permissions .can't install apps , can't update windows , can't do any thing ! is there any way that i can bypass admins control and change my permissions to be able to install apps ? is there a file responsible for that process that i can use Hiren's Boot CD to modify or change any thing in it cuz i almost have no permissions to modify any thing ?
OS is Windows 7 Enterprise , NO SP installed
We are implementing Windows 7 and Bitlocker as encryption. While this works brilliantly, I am now worried that our offsite engineers if they are given Local admin rights, can disable bitlocker. They need to install software onto there machines and this cannot be taken away from them. Problem is company policy also states that they are not allowed to disable the encryption, which is where my dilemma lies. I can lock down bitlocker through Grou Policy, but the offsite engineers are software developers so it wouldn't take them long to disable it if they do have local admins. Is there anyway at all I can give them access to install software without Local admins?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI work in and oversee the computer network of a small architecture office. We only have 6 or 7 users right now, and about 12-14 active machines throughout the office. All machines connect through our office domain to our server box running Windows Server 2003 x86. Most production machines are now running Windows 7 x64, but there are a few XP x86 machines still left in the office. Everyone logs onto their machine using their username and password, which is set up in Active Directory Users and Computers on the server. Each username has a login script associated with it that maps various shared folders on the server as network drives on the workstations.
Right now, each user's workstation has that username set up as an Administrator account on that machine. I know that's not recommended, but it's been okay so far. However as time passes, I'm getting more and more concerned about network and computer security.
I'd like to know if there's a way to set up user accounts such that it won't ask for an Admin user name and password every time a program needs an update, but also doesn't allow them full access like Admins have, i.e. deleting software and such.
The issue is that I don't want to have to run around and enter an admin user name and password on the Windows 7 machines every time some software update appears or the user needs to install some software on a machine. We're a small office and don't rely on any actual IT department. I have many other responsibilities in the architecture field (working drawing production, project management, etc) and don't have time to always do that, especially when I'm out of the office on a jobsite, etc.
My laptop only has one user account, mine, and its an admin. I tried messing aroudn with Homegroup but i turned it off and now i cannot do anything with my documents, i get the error "You require permissions from MYLAPTOP/TomHart etcetc..." but that user (as far as i know) is me.1) How can i find out if thats my account or if for some reason mines changed/my documents owner has changed2) Anyone know how i could fix this?I tried using CMD running as admin and used TAKEOWN on the file but i still get the same error
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhen you first boot from a Windows 7 installation DVD, the first thing you see is a black screen with the words "Windows is loading Files" and a progress bar.The next screen is black with the words "Starting Windows" with the usual Coalescing Squares.Then you get the Blue Splash Screen - Language - Time - Country.During the above processes, is everything being loaded and run from RAM, or is the HDD involved at all?
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View 4 Replies View RelatedI have windows 7 pro - I have several very expensive programs and important files, and uncountable hours of setups.I can't risk doing it over. I really need to start logging all software installations everything - registry additions/changes - directory & file additions/changes - etc.If something breaks, I need information to repair with (not withstanding I can do a backup and restore, maybe). I used to have a nifty little program that did this nicely for me in win 98 but I don't remember it's name or where I can get it today if I could remember it's name it was a very small program - I can't program myself anymore cause of the injuries - I get confused. Also, I noticed the registry in win 7 appears different than in win XP, which is a complication I hadn't expected.I could be all wet, but I understand that windows logs the information but also deletes the information. Likewise, I understand that temporary directories contain the information - but I do not know how to save it before windows deletes it, if that is the case. I know a lot about older windows but not the latest releases.Think I may be doing something wrong, looking in the wrong place or not doing something I should be doing before the install? (I was injured in 1969 and again during my graduate year in engineering, and I became a bit slow.)I would like to use windows own software to accomplish this simple but seemingly monumental task. Maybe windows administrative programs would be of help but I don't know where to look for the right stuff. When windows becomes slow, gets buggy after an install, it's a bummer because diagnostics are limited and it's been years since I used a prompt (don't recall key commands), so that would be a last resort.I cannot afford a genuine backup solution until well after the holidays as I am a housebound disabled veteran and my income is a bit limited (my network upgrade cost a bundle as did our several computers and server what with isolation transformers and uninterpretables). So, knowing how to make a free installation log, would be swell, like strawberries and real whipped cream.
View 3 Replies View RelatedJust did a fresh install and now when I install any software my mouse will immediately jump to "next" or "install" of that software pop up. How do I disable this feature?
View 1 Replies View Relatedwhen I update a driver or go through the Windows Update, what happens to the old Driver? Can I delete/uninstall the old Drivers once I update to the current drivers?
Essentially, am I losing Hard Drive space after each update? Since as I update, I install which overlaps the older Drivers, so the size just keeps getting bigger and bigger after each update?
my pc installs by itself disc drive a, i uninstall it but when i'm running again my pc installs it back! i have windows 7 64.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI recently acquired a Windows 7 Home Premium OEM system builder cd and key from a friend who owns a computer shop. how many installs can I do with this? I wanted to install on my PC as well as 3 other PC's.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI installed MSOffice Pro 2003 fine in WIN7 and I can find it under Programs86 but not under Start, All Programs.This is a re-install after WIN7 install and before it always showed up.I did a custom install of 2003 and selected Publisher, Access and Word, since I later want to install MSOffice 2010.But why do I not see 2003 under All Programs now?
View 3 Replies View Relatedrecently I downloaded and installed Spybot S&D, MBAM, and Comodo firewall on a computer of mine and shortly after(1 or 2 days) My Internet connection ceased. I assumed it was something Comodo was blocking so I tried disabling it and then un-installing it and neither changed anything. I tried pinging www.google.com and it failed. I tried pinging my router and it worked. and I tried having my router ping www.google.com and that worked. I also checked the device manager to see if anything was odd and I had a yellow "!" for my ethernet controller. So I whip out the cd for my motherboard and reinstall it and it is successful. I check the connection to the web and it fails. When I check the device manager it still shows a yellow "!" for the ethernet controller. I tried getting the latest set of drivers for my motherboard on another computer and the same results. My motherboard is a gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 nvidia nForce 570 sli. It has a Nvidia nForce 10/100/1000 MBPS ethernet on-board adapter.
There are two entries in my device manager: ethernet controller (which has the "!") and nvidia nForce 10/100/1000 mbps ethernet (which displays fine in the device manager) The current driver package I am trying to install is this link. That is what nVidias drop down boxes give me when I enter in my information.I found some forums of people with similar issues but all the solutions tell them to use the device manager's tools to update the drivers but I haven't had any luck with that so far. I may be doing it wrong because those options never seem to work for me. Does anyone have any ideas on what can be going on here?I'm running windows 7 x64 and a AMD Phenom x4 quad core 2.2GHz
Finally took the plunge and got a 3 pack Windows 7 Home.
I've done searches in google and on the forums and everything points me to Local Policy (which I have done for years with XPPro), which Home doesn't have.
I read about Parental control, problem is, I need to disable my wife/in laws from installing apps and from what I read that doesn't really prevent them from installing apps anyways.
Is there anyway to do it in Home edition? Not really concerned with wife/in laws as much as I am with kids. Although they only have access to Miniclip and handful of other sites, some of these apps/links/download/installs can get nasty.
Also I've been using ProCon for Mozilla site control with WinXP Pro. Should I stick with that or does Windows 7 offer anything new as far as website access. I simply need to define which sites kids can access.
I am thinking of buying a laptop through dell and get the windows 7 upgrade kit sent at a later date. But I only want to do this if it will allow me a clean install, as I never do in place upgrades for obvious reasons. Does anybody know if Dell upgrade kit allows this?
(I know... I know... I should just wait... but I have time constraints beyond my control!)
Okay so I bought the Windows 7 Pro Upgrade 64bit using the Student download via Digitalriver.. I downloaded it on Windows 7 RC2 32bit and I followed the steps that was posted in the error thread to make an ISO file and I booted the disc and installed 64bit. Everything runs fine except when I get to the final phase of installing and it restarts my computer, the computer hangs at the Windows is starting up screen..
Someone said to try disablign the secondary LAN in BIOS but that was already disabled for me and it still doesn't work..
OK. Clean new install. Only users on the system are default Administrator and myself) as admin. Tried to run HP driver setup (which stinks anyway) and it gets to a step where it says I needed to run it as administrator. But I am one. If I start it with "Run as Administrator" it still fails. If I run it with the hidden administrator account I get the same problem. If I change the UAC to allow everything, I still get it. I had a similar problem trying to install Nero. It seems like I am an admin, but I'm not really. Other stuff (Office 2007) installed fine.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just started a job doing desktop support, mostly for medical records software. My boss is out and I am to install office 2010 professional plus on a few different peoples computers and do not want to look stupid if one doesn't work. We have already installed it on multiple computers. I believe it is a volume liscense.is there a way I can run the key to see how many installs are left on that key?
View 9 Replies View Relateda university I attend on Saturdays has a setup on their computers that deletes all files that were added to the computer (as in anywhere) and any new installs, but without deleting stuff the university wants to keep, like Firefox, UConnect, Adobe Flash, etc. And it has an exception on the My Documents folder that things added to the My Documents folder will be kept on there for 14 days, then automatically deleted. And the computer deletes all this stuff once it shuts down. When you turn it back on, nothing of the stuff added is there and looks like a fresh new install of Windows 7 with Firefox and all that sort of stuff kept.I've been googling and binging for how to do this, but no successNot sure if it's a program or a script.Just want to delete everything besides stuff I want to keep like Firefox, Microsoft Security Essentials, Adobe Flash, Shockwave, etc (and possibly make an exception for the My Documents folder as well)
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I've got two programs - Photoshop Elements 9 and the latest Microsoft Office - that restrict the number of installs. I was told that MS Office allows 3 and Adobe only allows 2.
I have heard that there is a way to back up a program such that if you had to reformat, you could retrieve the program - and so not need to do a reinstall.
Is this true? If so, does anyone know how to do it, either the steps I'd need to take or the program I would need to get?
Are there in OS deals that allow for multiple OS installs off of one disc?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have no idea what caused all of this to start happening. Maybe force quitting an install? I tried Googling the problem but every fix I tried didn't work; I don't think I've found my exact problem yet. I tried restarting, looking in the services (it wasn't able to be shut down, msiexec or something?), and using the Windows system scan. The Windows System Restore hangs too - so I couldn't do that either. Installers that failedEvery one that I have tried since it first started - Nvidia graphics drivers, windows 7 tools, uninstallers, etc. Windows 7 x64 UltimateIntel i7 3770kMSI GeForce GTX 670 Power EditionCorsair Vengeance 1600MHz 8GB x 2ASRock z77 Extreme 4Corsair 750 Watt Gold + Certified PSUOCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSDSeagate Barracuda 2TB HDD
View 1 Replies View RelatedI had Windows 7 64 bits and it was everything fine, but I have some programs that require drivers, and there isn't a driver for 64 bits. So I tried installing the Windows 7 32 bits version.Everything was working fine, until I found out that my video card isn't being recognized anymore, and it's being showed as "Standard VGA Adaptor". I searched and found out some people with the same problem. Most people advised them to update drivers, but that didn't work with me.The following error ocurrs when I try running the stup.exe which should update my video card's driver: "The NVIDIA setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware. Setup will now exit."The thing is, I tried unistalling the "Standard VGA Adaptor" driver, but it requeires me to reboot, and when it reboots the drivers are automaically reinstalled. I also tried reinstalling Windows 7 32 bits, didn't work. Tried reinstalling Windows 7 64 bits, didn't work.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to upgrade my Atheros wireless driver but I get the "best driver is installed. I have uninstalled the device and driver, tried a manual driver install. Each time it tells me it installed the old driver and will not let me install the new drver. How can I stop the automatic the automatic install of the old driver.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm new to the forum, just signed up.I have a few questions about installing software on 64-bit.I am running windows 7 ultimate 64-bit and noticed some thing.Some of the software are installed in the program file (x86) folder, some of them in the program files folder by default.I made sure that i found and install 64-bit compliant software.
1. Why are 64-bit apps being installed in the (x86) program files folder when they are in fact 32/64-bit versions?
2. When i get prompted to choose the destination folder, can i manually select the program files folder and will it change or compromise windows?
I recently purchased a new OCZ 64GB SSD to install Windows 7 64 bit on. I have a separate 500 GB HDD for storage, but I completely disconnect this drive when doing my install because the Windows 7 install disk will not recognize my SSD if it's not the only drive plugged in.
After installing Windows everything works fine for a time. I am able to reboot multiple times during the windows update process (btw this is a possible culprit for the issue that is occuring) up until the first 5 security updates for Sevice Pack 1. After installing these updates and shutting down my PC will not boot up and I get the bootmgr is missing error. I have at this point hooked my HDD back up, but it is well after my Windows install has finished, so there doesn't seem to be any way that Windows is writing the bootmgr file to my HDD because I have booted up multiple times with neither the windows install disk in the dvd drive nor the HDD plugged in.
I'm trying to figure out if something's wrong with my SSD or if there's some update in Windows 7 sevice pack 1 that is incompatible with my hardware.
I am running Windows 7 on a system I built myself about 18 months ago. I recently added 4Gigs of RAM to the existing 2Gigs.Occasionally I get an error message about being out of memory. It during one such episode that I discovered that only 4Gigs of RAM is actually being used.I've only know about this site for a week or so or I would have been able to give you more specific information
View 4 Replies View RelatedI built a computer back in May...a few weeks later I started getting BSODs. They don't happen all too often, about 1 or 2 times per week.After trying to google the issue, they suggested running memtest - no errors, driver verifier found nothing, etc. So I re-installed windows, the same thing happened, I re-installed windows again, still get a blue screen every once in awhile.Then I noticed my power supply started making a humming noise, I ignored it, then one day it sparked and died. I thought that was the cause of all my issues until I replaced it with a temporary one and a few days later got another blue screen.It's always either ntoskrnl.exe or hal.dll, I didn't keep all the crash dumps from my previous installs.
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