[bookport] Re: Administrative Questions
- From: "Walt Smith" <WSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:54:59 -0500
Actually, given what you folks have said, I have no problem with
requiring admin privileges. Perhaps your real question should have been,
"How many of you do not have access to any system with administrator
privileges?" Frankly, if I have a work system with no admin privileges
and a personal system with admin privileges, I would never consider it
to be any imposition at all to require that firmware (this is all we're
talking about, right, not software?) updates be done on my home system.
Is there anyone who has no access at all to a system with admin
privileges?=20
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:47 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Administrative Questions
Walt:
If one does NOT have administrative privileges, a card reader won't do
any good either. It is a Windows thing, not a Book Port thing.
>>> WSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 03/23/05 01:41PM >>>
Okay, in this case, I wonder if, in a work situation where a user
doesn't have administrator privileges, the install could abort with a
message to "fix" the card in a card reader/burner attached to the PC.
I
frankly would be stupified to learn of people who have a work system,
who regularly use CF cards, and who don't have such a device readily
available. If the installation routine can actually *detect* errors on
the card; as opposed to simply bailing out because the computer user
doesn't have admin privileges; this would be the ultimate solution, I
think. Run whatever fixup apps are required against the card in the
reader/burner, then allow the installation regardless of the privilege
level.
And I can't resist: Why are we using BP transfer software at work,
anyhow? That's a joke, folks, just a joke. I know perfectly well why.
=3D20
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 1:20 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Subject: [bookport] Re: Administrative Questions
Good question! We certainly don't want to make things more difficult
for the average user, but at the same time, we don't want to enable a
potentially serious upgrade for just anyone, say a student in a
classroom.
What brought this all up is that we want to correct any errors on the
flash card before sending the firmware code to the card, and in order
to
correct the errors, Windows demands that the user has administrative
privledges (which makes sense).
>>> marlaina@xxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, March 23, 2005 12:28:30 PM >>>
Hi Larry. That would be no issue here, but I wonder if it would be an
issue
for the average, not high powered user who either is not the admin, or
doesn't know what the heck that's all about. What benefit would be
gained
by this change?
Marlaina Lieberg
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From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: [bookport] Administrative Questions
> How many of you on this list do _not_ run your PC as an
administrator?
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> This question only applies to Windows XP.
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> We are thinking of requiring administrative privledges to perform
> firmware updates, and we would like to get an idea of how this would
> effect the general user.
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