How to give software installation rights to normal user

[Gopal]

Hi,
How to give software installation(MSIor EXE file) rights to normal local
user account without giving Power user or Administrator rights in win2003
server.

 

[Dusko Savatovic]

AFAIK, you can't.

However, if you publish software to a user thru Group Policy, then normal
unprivileged users can install such software either thru Control Panel or by
clicking on a file with registered extension.

With Group Policy you can also assign software to (unprivileged) user.

The difference:
Publish - Software is available for installation in Control Panel. User can
decide if (s)he wants to install it.
Assign - Software gets installed automatically when a user logs on.
Software is not available for installation in Control Panel.

"Gopal" wrote in message
news:90568ADB-BAA2-42F9-B81A-EB94F28C6729@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> How to give software installation(MSIor EXE file) rights to normal local
> user account without giving Power user or Administrator rights in win2003
> server.
>

 

[Chris]

You can assign them different rights on the local machine, depending on your
security requirements you could give them admin rights on the local pc but
be a standard user on the server, this will allow them to install anything
onto their own pc.

"Gopal" wrote in message
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> Hi,
> How to give software installation(MSIor EXE file) rights to normal local
> user account without giving Power user or Administrator rights in win2003
> server.
>