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Jul 16, 2003, 4:25pm

Lots of programs, such as AIM need to be installed as admin because they
want to install links for all users of the machine, which requires admin
rights. If the makers of those programs were security-minded, they wouldn't
do so, there would be an option to choose whether to install for only the
current user or all users. However, some companies just want their software
as visible as possible. In the case of AIM, I believe the only reason they
force admin rights is to write to Documents and Settings\All Users\Start and
Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop, when they should be writing to the
equivalent folders for the current user.

Writing to Program Files only requires Power User (ie: standard user)
rights.

It is the fault of the software producers, not the OS, in this case.

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-Rich
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