I am running XP Pro SP2. I added my standard user account to the Administrators group and installed QB Pro 2005. It ran ok, started ok. Then I removed the account from the Admins group and now I can't start the program. Says I have to be either an Admin or member of the Power Users group. I don't want this account to be in either of those groups.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bill Griffith
Purchase another accounting program?
QB has to be run as power user / admin. It does so because it must be able to disable itself when sunset time comes in three years. It's all in your EULA. You did read it didn't you?
You do know that this is untrue.
I know EULA's are great for these details. I read every one I agree to. I expect MS will be calling me sometime within the next 60-90 days to go to Redmond to start washing cars in their parking lot during working hours.
Thanks for the tip.
Bill
You say patato and I say ...
They say it [admin] is needed to do payroll updates, and general updates, I say it is because of their need to "sunset" the program. There is no logical need to run the update inside the program. Easy enough to quit, run an installer like every other program, and then run the new version. Of course, if you insist that your program quit working on a given date, you need a way to insure that the user must run the update that shuts the program down, and the only way to do that is have enough rights [admin] that the user can't block the sunset from happening!
You did read the EULA, especially that part about users working as a janitor for two weeks every year in their call center in Bombbay. ;-)
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