McAfee won't update unless runniing as adminstrator

I have McAfee set to run automatic updates. However, when I sign on as
"user", I get a popup saying that I must log on as Adminstrator for the
defination updates to install. Since it is a communal computer, the
adminstrator only logs on every week or so, leaving the computer exposed to
viruses. How can I allow the updates to install without logging on as
adminstrator?
A related isue is:
After installing a financial program on the computer, it will only run under
an adminstrator log in. How do I allow programs to run under a "user" log in?
Rockchips

From: "Rockchips" <rockchips@usfamily.net>

| I have McAfee set to run automatic updates. However, when I sign on as
| "user", I get a popup saying that I must log on as Adminstrator for the
| defination updates to install. Since it is a communal computer, the
| adminstrator only logs on every week or so, leaving the computer exposed to
| viruses. How can I allow the updates to install without logging on as
| adminstrator?
| A related isue is:
| After installing a financial program on the computer, it will only run under
| an adminstrator log in. How do I allow programs to run under a "user" log in?
| Rockchips


You can't it s a limitation of that software.

Any questions, please ask in the McAfee Forums...

http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

Start here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...s/default.mspx
We wont all tell you to get lost.
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:%23ypEBWxCGHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| From: "Rockchips" <rockchips@usfamily.net>
|
|| I have McAfee set to run automatic updates. However, when I sign on
as
|| "user", I get a popup saying that I must log on as Adminstrator for
the
|| defination updates to install. Since it is a communal computer, the
|| adminstrator only logs on every week or so, leaving the computer
exposed to
|| viruses. How can I allow the updates to install without logging on
as
|| adminstrator?
|| A related isue is:
|| After installing a financial program on the computer, it will only
run under
|| an adminstrator log in. How do I allow programs to run under a
"user" log in?
|| Rockchips
|
|
| You can't it s a limitation of that software.
|
| Any questions, please ask in the McAfee Forums...
|
| http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/index.php
|
| --
| Dave
| http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
| http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
|
|

Rockchips wrote:
> I have McAfee set to run automatic updates. However, when I sign on as
> "user", I get a popup saying that I must log on as Adminstrator for the
> defination updates to install. Since it is a communal computer, the
> adminstrator only logs on every week or so, leaving the computer exposed to
> viruses. How can I allow the updates to install without logging on as
> adminstrator?


Contact McAfee for assistance with their product.


> A related isue is:
> After installing a financial program on the computer, it will only run under
> an adminstrator log in. How do I allow programs to run under a "user" log in?
> Rockchips


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
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH

From: "Mungo Bulge" <NO.SPAM@hotmail.com>

| Start here:
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...s/default.mspx
| We wont all tell you to get lost.

What does that have to to do with the fact that the Retail version of McAfee VirusScan can
not perform an update with an account with limited rights and requires an account with
administrative rights ?

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

It allows the computer to be configured so it can make updates and
still serve the purpose for which it is to be used. I thought it would
be more considerate to offer at least some assistance to make the
whole computing experience more enjoyable. It sort of puts a nicer
spin on things than saying "no you can't and go away" whereas the
nicer answer is yes you can use your current software and here's the
tool kit and resources to do it.

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:OvHNYa1CGHA.2704@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| From: "Mungo Bulge" <NO.SPAM@hotmail.com>
|
|| Start here:
|| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/s...s/default.mspx
|| We wont all tell you to get lost.
|
| What does that have to to do with the fact that the Retail version
of McAfee VirusScan can
| not perform an update with an account with limited rights and
requires an account with
| administrative rights ?
|
| --
| Dave
| http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
| http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
|
|

From: "Mungo Bulge" <NO.SPAM@hotmail.com>

| It allows the computer to be configured so it can make updates and
| still serve the purpose for which it is to be used. I thought it would
| be more considerate to offer at least some assistance to make the
| whole computing experience more enjoyable. It sort of puts a nicer
| spin on things than saying "no you can't and go away" whereas the
| nicer answer is yes you can use your current software and here's the
| tool kit and resources to do it.
|


I see no SPECIFIC information that would assist in this problem.

I know of *many* who would love to solve this problem and there has been no resoltion so
far. So if there is a specific way that a limited account can perform McAfee signature
updates, popst that specific data -- please.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm