Charlie, One option we could certainly consider is just warning them if they are a non-admin, but letting them proceed. I almost did that last night, but decided it would safer to just prevent an install for non-admins.
Kim can probably answer what the problems are with a non-admin install. I don't know. -------- Original Message -------- > From: "Charlie Russel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:41 AM > To: "'DQSD development discussions'" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Devel] v4.0-rc2 > > The requirement to only allow installation by Administrator accounts > concerns me. As we move in to the Vista era, more and more users will be > running as a limited user account. Heck, I'm now running on my network as a > regular user. Are we doing something that simply won't work from a regular > user account? And if we are, is there anything we can do to get back to > being able to run as a user? > > Charlie. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:dqsd-devel- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kim Gräsman > > Sent: November 30, 2006 11:29 PM > > To: 'DQSD development discussions' > > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Devel] v4.0-rc2 > > > > Nicely done, Glenn! > > > > The 'only allow admins' feature just occurred to me yesterday, I wasn't > > sure > > if it was possible -- good to see it was! > > > > - Kim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > > Of Glenn Carr > > > Sent: den 1 december 2006 08:12 > > > To: 'DQSD development discussions' > > > Subject: Re: [DQSD-Devel] v4.0-rc2 > > > > > > I've built and notified the announcement list of rc2: > > > http://tinyurl.com/y7yq5w > > > > > > Changes from rc1: > > > - Installer mod to allow installation only by administrator accounts. > > > - Installer mod to require uninstalling any pre-4.x > > > installations before installing 4.0. > > > - Removal of some obsolete searches > > > - Corrections to installer title and copyright date. > > > > > > Please test if you can. I've tested it on a couple of machines. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Glenn > > > > > > Charlie Russel wrote: > > > > Ideally v4 should either clean up and uninstall an existing > > > v3, or at > > > > a minimum fail politely with a notice to the user to do the cleanup > > > > themselves first. > > > > > > > > Charlie. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your > > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Archive: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Archive: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Archive: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dqsd-devel
