Power user makes Quickbooks 2006 function correctly

Hi:

This question might be considered out of order for this forum, but I suspect
some folks have seen this before...

I am using Quickbooks 2006.

I want to set the users security to "User" versus "Power User" or
"Administrator"...

I can't get Quickbooks to run correctly with this security level. If I set
the user to Power User, Quickbooks works correctly.

Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I set the security to
"User" and make Quickbooks work correctly?

Dale

www.threatcode.com

Check the info on how to get QB to run as user

Bikini Browser wrote:
> Hi:
>
> This question might be considered out of order for this forum, but I suspect
> some folks have seen this before...
>
> I am using Quickbooks 2006.
>
> I want to set the users security to "User" versus "Power User" or
> "Administrator"...
>
> I can't get Quickbooks to run correctly with this security level. If I set
> the user to Power User, Quickbooks works correctly.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I set the security to
> "User" and make Quickbooks work correctly?
>
> Dale
>
>

Bikini Browser wrote:
> Hi:
>
> This question might be considered out of order for this forum, but I suspect
> some folks have seen this before...
>
> I am using Quickbooks 2006.
>
> I want to set the users security to "User" versus "Power User" or
> "Administrator"...
>
> I can't get Quickbooks to run correctly with this security level. If I set
> the user to Power User, Quickbooks works correctly.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I set the security to
> "User" and make Quickbooks work correctly?
>
> Dale

I had this problem too and never found a fix. The users that need
quickbooks are power users on the local computer (not domain).

Bikini Browser wrote:

> Hi:
>
> This question might be considered out of order for this forum, but I
> suspect some folks have seen this before...
>
> I am using Quickbooks 2006.
>
> I want to set the users security to "User" versus "Power User" or
> "Administrator"...
>
> I can't get Quickbooks to run correctly with this security level. If
> I set the user to Power User, Quickbooks works correctly.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I set the security
> to "User" and make Quickbooks work correctly?

This is typical Intuit arrogance. MVP and SBS expert Susan Bradley has a
page on the issue:

http://msmvps.com/bradley/archive/2005/04/23/44205.aspx

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

My first inclination would be to check the permissions on the Program Files
folder that Quickbooks runs from. Users have read only and Powers Users
have modify permissions on all folders in the Program Files folder by
default.

The other place would be in HKLM in the registry. Check the permissions
there also.

None of this is tested or guaranteed. Modify permissions in your systems
folders and registry at your own risk.

Hope this helps


"Bikini Browser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi:
>
> This question might be considered out of order for this forum, but I
> suspect some folks have seen this before...
>
> I am using Quickbooks 2006.
>
> I want to set the users security to "User" versus "Power User" or
> "Administrator"...
>
> I can't get Quickbooks to run correctly with this security level. If I
> set the user to Power User, Quickbooks works correctly.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I set the security to
> "User" and make Quickbooks work correctly?
>
> Dale
>

Bikini Browser wrote:
> Hi:
>
> This question might be considered out of order for this forum, but I suspect
> some folks have seen this before...
>
> I am using Quickbooks 2006.
>
> I want to set the users security to "User" versus "Power User" or
> "Administrator"...
>
> I can't get Quickbooks to run correctly with this security level. If I set
> the user to Power User, Quickbooks works correctly.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I set the security to
> "User" and make Quickbooks work correctly?
>
> Dale
>
>

Intuit has been stubbornly refusing, for years now, to properly design
their products to work on a properly secured operating system. This is
a key reason that I refuse to purchase their software. Frankly, I'd
recommend that you chose a different product, if possible.

You may experience some problems if the software was designed for
Win9x/Me, or if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly
designed. Quite simply, the application doesn't "know" how to handle
individual user profiles with differing security permissions levels, or
the application is designed to make to make changes to "off-limits"
sections of the Windows registry or protected Windows system folders.

For example, saved data are often stored in a sub-folder under the
application's folder within C:\Program Files - a place where no
inexperienced or limited user should ever have write permissions.

It may even be that the software requires "write" access to parts
of the registry or protected systems folders/files that are not normally
accessible to regular users. (This *won't* occur if the application is
properly written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're
often left with three options: Either grant the necessary users
appropriate higher access privileges (either as Power Users or local
administrators), explicitly grant normal users elevated privileges to
the affected folders and/or part(s) or the registry, or replace the
application with one that was properly designed specifically for
WinNT/2K/XP.

Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307091

Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:

"If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
is the default.

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r

If you still have a problem with running the program or saving settings
on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on the registry
keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app, where
"vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your specific
program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users full control."


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I can't believe how fantastic all these responses have been. I thought I
would get assaulted for posting a question about Quickbooks.

Thanks to all of you for your kindness and your great information. Merry
Christmas to all...

Dale


"Bruce Chambers" <(E-Mail Removed)3t> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Bikini Browser wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> This question might be considered out of order for this forum, but I
>> suspect some folks have seen this before...
>>
>> I am using Quickbooks 2006.
>>
>> I want to set the users security to "User" versus "Power User" or
>> "Administrator"...
>>
>> I can't get Quickbooks to run correctly with this security level. If I
>> set the user to Power User, Quickbooks works correctly.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this problem before? How can I set the security to
>> "User" and make Quickbooks work correctly?
>>
>> Dale
>
> Intuit has been stubbornly refusing, for years now, to properly design
> their products to work on a properly secured operating system. This is a
> key reason that I refuse to purchase their software. Frankly, I'd
> recommend that you chose a different product, if possible.
>
> You may experience some problems if the software was designed for
> Win9x/Me, or if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly
> designed. Quite simply, the application doesn't "know" how to handle
> individual user profiles with differing security permissions levels, or
> the application is designed to make to make changes to "off-limits"
> sections of the Windows registry or protected Windows system folders.
>
> For example, saved data are often stored in a sub-folder under the
> application's folder within C:\Program Files - a place where no
> inexperienced or limited user should ever have write permissions.
>
> It may even be that the software requires "write" access to parts of
> the registry or protected systems folders/files that are not normally
> accessible to regular users. (This *won't* occur if the application is
> properly written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're
> often left with three options: Either grant the necessary users
> appropriate higher access privileges (either as Power Users or local
> administrators), explicitly grant normal users elevated privileges to the
> affected folders and/or part(s) or the registry, or replace the
> application with one that was properly designed specifically for
> WinNT/2K/XP.
>
> Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307091
>
> Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
> different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:
>
> "If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
> limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
> program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which is
> the default.
>
> C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c
>
> where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.
>
> If you wish to undo these changes, then run
>
> C:\>cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r
>
> If you still have a problem with running the program or saving settings on
> limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on the registry keys.
> Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app, where "vendor\app" is
> the key that the software vendor used for your specific program. Change
> the permissions on this key to allow Users full control."
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
> Russell

> Intuit has been stubbornly refusing, for years now, to properly design
> their products to work on a properly secured operating system. This is
> a key reason that I refuse to purchase their software. Frankly, I'd
> recommend that you chose a different product, if possible.

Well with Vista right around the corner, I'm hoping they'll have to
change their tune, lest their product continuously throw up user
privilege messages.

Bikini Browser wrote:
> I can't believe how fantastic all these responses have been. I thought I
> would get assaulted for posting a question about Quickbooks.
>

This one is a common sort of question; sadly, Intuit isn't the only
company to sell poorly designed software.


> Thanks to all of you for your kindness and your great information. Merry
> Christmas to all...
>
> Dale

You're welcome.

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Bruce Chambers

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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

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Andy wrote:
>> Intuit has been stubbornly refusing, for years now, to properly design
>> their products to work on a properly secured operating system. This is
>> a key reason that I refuse to purchase their software. Frankly, I'd
>> recommend that you chose a different product, if possible.
>
> Well with Vista right around the corner, I'm hoping they'll have to
> change their tune, lest their product continuously throw up user
> privilege messages.
>


One would hope, but Intuit's had the opportunity to "get it right" for
more than a decade now, starting with WinNT. So far, they've "never
missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity."

--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell