Questions tagged [non-admin]

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HttpListenerException "access denied" for non-admins

I have written a C# application that uses HttpListener to listen for HTTP requests -obviously! The namespace prefix I use is also registered using netsh for the current user (as suggested by everyone on SO). The problem is despite using netsh my…
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How can I debug a local IIS service with Visual Studio running as a non-Administrator user?

I have installed Visual Studio 2008 and am running it as a non-Administrator user. I have a Web Application project I am developing and would like to debug it using Visual Studio. I can compile and also debug with "Visual Studio Development Server"…
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Wix non-admin installer tutorial?

We're evaluating if the Wix installer will be suitable for us in a project. The end user need to be able to install our software without admin rights. The installer needs to work with at least XP/Vista/Windows 7 without admin rights or UAC. I have a…
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System.Data.SQLite slow connect for non-admin users

I have a .NET 4 application (in mixed mode) with System.Data.Sqlite (1.0.82) for database access to an encrypted database. When I install the application to "c:\program files\myfolder" the connect to the sqlite database file is slow. Log files show…
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Is possible to install ,start and stop the windows service without admin rights?

I have a same problem like reference problem link but it is in c++ I want in c# I have created a windows service using visual studio 2010 (C#). It working fine. And I created windows application to start that service. The problem is , it require…
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I need a way to run Haskell code without any install on a Mac

I enjoy developing in Haskell, but am presently confronted with a challenge. At my place of education, I don't have administrative rights on my account. I want to debug/test while there. I need a way to run Haskell code without installing…
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Using Genisoimage Or Mkisofs on Windows 10

I've searched many times on how to download Genisoimage and Mkisofs on Windows 10. However, some links and Stack Overflow posts say that Genisoimage/Mkisofs are only for Linux, and vice-versa. I tried to download Mkisofs, and even added mkisofs.exe…
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Cannot Install MSI With Custom Actions To Non-Admin With Non-ascii Characters in Username

This is a problem I have been battling with for a few days and am now at my wits end. I am creating an MSI with Wise Installation Studio but I would bet it could be repro'd with any MSI authoring program. I have created a test sample for those…
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How to run a command on a remote Windows system as a non-admin user with WMI?

I have a script written in Visual Basic that starts a process (given to the script as an argument) on a remote system (again, given as an argument) using WMI. This script works fine when using an Administrator account on the remote system, but when…
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Create scheduled task with administrative rights running from normal user account

I am creating an scheduled task during installation of an application. The installer itself is running with administrator permissons: SchTasks /F /create /tn "MyApp Start" /XML "D:\MyApps\start.xml" /ru "System" This task is intended to start…
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How do I install GCC and make on a Mac without administrator access or using Xcode?

I'd like to install gcc and make on my Macbook Air, but I don't have root access on it. I found this link through searching on google, but I have no idea how to set up the prefix's so that the actual gcc executable can find the libraries. I have a…
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C# program won't launch when running as non-admin

First off, I don't have any C# skills or experience. A friend of mine took a couple classes in college and was able to give me what I've got so far in this C# program. I asked my friend to create a program that would look at WMI for the current…
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Run application updates with non admin users

I'm using a windows installer package to distribute a winforms application to several clients and because some of them have changed their security policies I need to figure out a way to run the application updates (through the installer) for users…
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MSI installer for non admin user

I created a msi package which will copy files and folder from production location to users machine and registers the required dll in local users machine. Local users don't have admin rights on any machine now. but installer which i created registers…
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How to use tinymce in django for non admin pages

I have been reading this installation guide to install tinymce with django. First, it has not worked and second, it seems to be linked only with the admin account. Moreover other blogs about tinymce and django integration are also oriented towards…
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