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  • M Member 96

    Isn't this just redundant: when you install a program you are presented with a dialog and two radio buttons "Install for Everyone / Just me". Who ever clicks on Just me? Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time?


    I'll have what the guy on the floor was having.

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    Tom Larsen
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    This is another anachronistic behavior of windows days gone by. Programs should control behavior by "code access" instead of whether it lives in this directory or has a registry entry.

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      Isn't this just redundant: when you install a program you are presented with a dialog and two radio buttons "Install for Everyone / Just me". Who ever clicks on Just me? Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time?


      I'll have what the guy on the floor was having.

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      Mazdak
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      John Cardinal wrote: Who ever clicks on Just me? Me. Mazy "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." - Bob Hope

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        John Cardinal wrote: Who ever clicks on Just me? Me. Mazy "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." - Bob Hope

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        Chris Meech
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        LOL. :-D:-D Chris Meech We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton VB is like a toolbox, in the hands of a craftsman, you can end up with some amazing stuff, but without the skills to use it right you end up with Homer Simpson's attempt at building a barbeque or his attempt at a Spice rack. Michael P. Butler

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          Isn't this just redundant: when you install a program you are presented with a dialog and two radio buttons "Install for Everyone / Just me". Who ever clicks on Just me? Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time?


          I'll have what the guy on the floor was having.

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          Daniel Turini
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          John Cardinal wrote: Who ever clicks on Just me? Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time? Yes, because Windows users are naive enough to always run their machines as Administrator. Perl combines all the worst aspects of C and Lisp: a billion different sublanguages in one monolithic executable. It combines the power of C with the readability of PostScript. -- Jamie Zawinski

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            John Cardinal wrote: Who ever clicks on Just me? Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time? Yes, because Windows users are naive enough to always run their machines as Administrator. Perl combines all the worst aspects of C and Lisp: a billion different sublanguages in one monolithic executable. It combines the power of C with the readability of PostScript. -- Jamie Zawinski

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            Stephane Rodriguez
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            "runas" scenarios don't work with MSI packages. Official bug.

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              "runas" scenarios don't work with MSI packages. Official bug.

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              Daniel Turini
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              You miread my post: I was pointing that the user that runs the MSI may not have enough privileges to do an installation for all the users. Official feature. Perl combines all the worst aspects of C and Lisp: a billion different sublanguages in one monolithic executable. It combines the power of C with the readability of PostScript. -- Jamie Zawinski

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              • M Member 96

                Isn't this just redundant: when you install a program you are presented with a dialog and two radio buttons "Install for Everyone / Just me". Who ever clicks on Just me? Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time?


                I'll have what the guy on the floor was having.

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                David Wulff
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                John Cardinal wrote: Who ever clicks on Just me? Me. :-O


                David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

                Putting the laughter back into slaughter

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                  John Cardinal wrote: Who ever clicks on Just me? Me. :-O


                  David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum

                  Putting the laughter back into slaughter

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                  Chris Meech
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                  ;P Chris Meech We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton VB is like a toolbox, in the hands of a craftsman, you can end up with some amazing stuff, but without the skills to use it right you end up with Homer Simpson's attempt at building a barbeque or his attempt at a Spice rack. Michael P. Butler

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                    Isn't this just redundant: when you install a program you are presented with a dialog and two radio buttons "Install for Everyone / Just me". Who ever clicks on Just me? Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time?


                    I'll have what the guy on the floor was having.

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                    Chris Meech
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                    John Cardinal wrote: Isn't this redundant 99.9% of the time? It's actually redundant 100% of the time. You expect that something different is going to happen because you clicked a different button? Chris Meech We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton VB is like a toolbox, in the hands of a craftsman, you can end up with some amazing stuff, but without the skills to use it right you end up with Homer Simpson's attempt at building a barbeque or his attempt at a Spice rack. Michael P. Butler

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                      ;P Chris Meech We're more like a hobbiest in a Home Depot drooling at all the shiny power tools, rather than a craftsman that makes the chair to an exacting level of comfort by measuring the customer's butt. Marc Clifton VB is like a toolbox, in the hands of a craftsman, you can end up with some amazing stuff, but without the skills to use it right you end up with Homer Simpson's attempt at building a barbeque or his attempt at a Spice rack. Michael P. Butler

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                      Mazdak
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                      Thanks for reminding my intellectual property. :cool: Mazy "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." - Bob Hope

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                        Thanks for reminding my intellectual property. :cool: Mazy "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." - Bob Hope

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                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                        Moi! ;P :-D -- Unser Tanz ist so wild! Ein neuer böser Tanz. Alle gegen Alle!

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                        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                          Moi! ;P :-D -- Unser Tanz ist so wild! Ein neuer böser Tanz. Alle gegen Alle!

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                          Mazdak
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                          :rolleyes: Mazy "A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." - Bob Hope

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                            If you are using system based on TERMINAL SERVICE or your PC is shared with other poeple, it's useful to choose "who can use what". In my opinion, ALL the installation software must have that option/page - I'm talking from the system administration side. Of course, if you are working in a stand alone PC then it makes no big difference. :cool:

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                            Matt Philmon
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                            I agree.... mostly, but to be honest most of my married friends that run XP at home don't bother to set up seperate "user accounts" on XP. I guess maybe for attempting to restrict access to your kids...

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