Power Users on the Terminal Servers.....I know...I know....

[Cary Shultz]

Good afternoon!

I am pretty well versed with Terminal Server (well, fairly well versed) and
have a question regarding Power Users seeing all printers and other users
session printers....I am well aware that this is by design. Unfortunately,
they run QuickBooks from the Terminal Server (the client - side....the
server - side is installed on the application server) so this select group
of people need to be Power Users (this is ultimately the crux...if I could
figure out how to get that to work this issue would go away)..

They are having issues understanding that they are going to see all of the
session printers. One of the users deletes everything except for the two
printers that she needs. Shot of modifying the permissions on the printers
(there are only 10 in total....so not that tragic) is there a way to make it
so that the members of the Power Users do not see all of the session
printers?

Thanks,

Cary

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Cary Shultz wrote:
> Good afternoon!
>
> I am pretty well versed with Terminal Server (well, fairly well
> versed) and have a question regarding Power Users seeing all printers
> and other users session printers....I am well aware that this is by
> design. Unfortunately, they run QuickBooks from the Terminal Server
> (the client - side....the server - side is installed on the
> application server) so this select group of people need to be Power
> Users (this is ultimately the crux...if I could figure out how to get
> that to work this issue would go away)..
> They are having issues understanding that they are going to see all
> of the session printers. One of the users deletes everything except
> for the two printers that she needs. Shot of modifying the
> permissions on the printers (there are only 10 in total....so not
> that tragic) is there a way to make it so that the members of the
> Power Users do not see all of the session printers?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary

Nope, and it's a futile pursuit. Just fix the permissions so you don't need
to make the users administrators (because that's what power users are -
there's virtually no difference).

I've been able to make Quickbooks run fine as a normal user by granting
Users "modify" rights on %programfiles%\intuit\Quickbooks,
%programfiles%\common files\intuit\quickbooks, and HKLM\software\intuit and
subkeys/folders of all. You can google this as it's a common request
(Intuit is notorious for this kind of sloppy code).

 

[Cary Shultz]

Lanwench,

I agree....it is futile but they are a very good client so I go the extra
five miles for them. And, you nailed what I missed....the common files is
what I missed...I *thought* that I knew all the keys as I used to do this a
lot (some three or four years ago). And, I agree.....Intuit is really
sloppy.

Cary

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
wrote in message
news:u2uK0wrTKHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Cary Shultz wrote:
>> Good afternoon!
>>
>> I am pretty well versed with Terminal Server (well, fairly well
>> versed) and have a question regarding Power Users seeing all printers
>> and other users session printers....I am well aware that this is by
>> design. Unfortunately, they run QuickBooks from the Terminal Server
>> (the client - side....the server - side is installed on the
>> application server) so this select group of people need to be Power
>> Users (this is ultimately the crux...if I could figure out how to get
>> that to work this issue would go away)..
>> They are having issues understanding that they are going to see all
>> of the session printers. One of the users deletes everything except
>> for the two printers that she needs. Shot of modifying the
>> permissions on the printers (there are only 10 in total....so not
>> that tragic) is there a way to make it so that the members of the
>> Power Users do not see all of the session printers?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cary
>
> Nope, and it's a futile pursuit. Just fix the permissions so you don't
> need to make the users administrators (because that's what power users
> are - there's virtually no difference).
>
> I've been able to make Quickbooks run fine as a normal user by granting
> Users "modify" rights on %programfiles%intuitQuickbooks,
> %programfiles%common filesintuitquickbooks, and HKLMsoftwareintuit
> and subkeys/folders of all. You can google this as it's a common request
> (Intuit is notorious for this kind of sloppy code).
>
>
>

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

You'll want to bookmark this link for future installs of
Quickbooks:

http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_apps_qb.asp

_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
RDS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

"Cary Shultz" wrote on 18 okt 2009 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Lanwench,
>
> I agree....it is futile but they are a very good client so I go
> the extra five miles for them. And, you nailed what I
> missed....the common files is what I missed...I *thought* that I
> knew all the keys as I used to do this a lot (some three or four
> years ago). And, I agree.....Intuit is really sloppy.
>
> Cary
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> wrote
> in message news:u2uK0wrTKHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Cary Shultz wrote:
>>> Good afternoon!
>>>
>>> I am pretty well versed with Terminal Server (well, fairly
>>> well versed) and have a question regarding Power Users seeing
>>> all printers and other users session printers....I am well
>>> aware that this is by design. Unfortunately, they run
>>> QuickBooks from the Terminal Server (the client - side....the
>>> server - side is installed on the application server) so this
>>> select group of people need to be Power Users (this is
>>> ultimately the crux...if I could figure out how to get that to
>>> work this issue would go away).. They are having issues
>>> understanding that they are going to see all of the session
>>> printers. One of the users deletes everything except for the
>>> two printers that she needs. Shot of modifying the
>>> permissions on the printers (there are only 10 in total....so
>>> not that tragic) is there a way to make it so that the members
>>> of the Power Users do not see all of the session printers?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cary
>>
>> Nope, and it's a futile pursuit. Just fix the permissions so
>> you don't need to make the users administrators (because that's
>> what power users are - there's virtually no difference).
>>
>> I've been able to make Quickbooks run fine as a normal user by
>> granting Users "modify" rights on
>> %programfiles%intuitQuickbooks, %programfiles%common
>> filesintuitquickbooks, and HKLMsoftwareintuit and
>> subkeys/folders of all. You can google this as it's a common
>> request (Intuit is notorious for this kind of sloppy code).

 

[Cary Shultz]

Marked...and shame on my for not looking on your site for this. I have in
the past...not this time!

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote in message
news:Xns9CA891C162332veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...
> You'll want to bookmark this link for future installs of
> Quickbooks:
>
> http://ts.veranoest.net/ts_apps_qb.asp
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
> RDS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>
> "Cary Shultz" wrote on 18 okt 2009 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
>> Lanwench,
>>
>> I agree....it is futile but they are a very good client so I go
>> the extra five miles for them. And, you nailed what I
>> missed....the common files is what I missed...I *thought* that I
>> knew all the keys as I used to do this a lot (some three or four
>> years ago). And, I agree.....Intuit is really sloppy.
>>
>> Cary
>>
>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>> wrote
>> in message news:u2uK0wrTKHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Cary Shultz wrote:
>>>> Good afternoon!
>>>>
>>>> I am pretty well versed with Terminal Server (well, fairly
>>>> well versed) and have a question regarding Power Users seeing
>>>> all printers and other users session printers....I am well
>>>> aware that this is by design. Unfortunately, they run
>>>> QuickBooks from the Terminal Server (the client - side....the
>>>> server - side is installed on the application server) so this
>>>> select group of people need to be Power Users (this is
>>>> ultimately the crux...if I could figure out how to get that to
>>>> work this issue would go away).. They are having issues
>>>> understanding that they are going to see all of the session
>>>> printers. One of the users deletes everything except for the
>>>> two printers that she needs. Shot of modifying the
>>>> permissions on the printers (there are only 10 in total....so
>>>> not that tragic) is there a way to make it so that the members
>>>> of the Power Users do not see all of the session printers?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Cary
>>>
>>> Nope, and it's a futile pursuit. Just fix the permissions so
>>> you don't need to make the users administrators (because that's
>>> what power users are - there's virtually no difference).
>>>
>>> I've been able to make Quickbooks run fine as a normal user by
>>> granting Users "modify" rights on
>>> %programfiles%intuitQuickbooks, %programfiles%common
>>> filesintuitquickbooks, and HKLMsoftwareintuit and
>>> subkeys/folders of all. You can google this as it's a common
>>> request (Intuit is notorious for this kind of sloppy code).