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Need to change User Permissions in Win2k

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ctowle

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I know this might irritate some people, I am not trying to be dishonest, but I need to know if there is any way to change my user permissions in WIn2k to install hardware.

I need to know if there is anyway to get around the limitations that her user account has. I don't want admin privelages, I just want to be able to install hardware.

My wife is telecommuting, and her company got here a really nice laptop and they are paying for an extra phone line for internet access. The only problem is that I want to add a PCMCIA NIC so that I can tie her into my LAN that has broadband.

I cannot add anything right now, not even a printer, or a USB hot sync cradle for her palm.

Any help would be appreciated. I know some people will accuse me of doing something that I should not, but I am just trying to make it better for her.

Thanks in advance. 🙂
 
You are going about this the wrong way. Either, have the admin give her admin rights for that machine, have him install it for you, or have him tell her no. His word should be final. And if you really want to crack Windows boxes there are plenty of scripts out there that will do it for you. 😉
 
Once the drivers are installed you can remove it and insert as many times as you want on the user account. If you don't know how or can't access the Administrator account for the initial install there are ways to do this. However I wouldn't encourage this since it's your wife's job that could be at stake. The laptop is locked down for a reason.
 


<< Most administrators should be willing to help you do this, if you ask them. >>



Send him a case of beer or a thinkgeek.com gift certificate and she will have her network card 😉
 
See, I thought so too, and so I had her inquire about getting their assistance on installing the drivers there for the NIC or letting her have permission (for me) to install the NIC. I can't add a printer.

They went into how they image the HD's and they are installed and that they cannot do anything to the machines. Not a lot of help is my point, they did not seem willing to try.

I can almost empathize with them not wanting to have external network cards added, but a printer? and a USB hot sync cradle for a palm? What potential security threat does that present?

 
Imaging doesn't mean they can't add the hardware. Have you talked to the Big Kahuna of the IT department or just the peons??? If not, talk to him and explain how imortant it is for work-related reasons. She needs to print out invoices at home...yada, yada.
 


<< Imaging doesn't mean they can't add the hardware. Have you talked to the Big Kahuna of the IT department or just the peons??? If not, talk to him and explain how imortant it is for work-related reasons. She needs to print out invoices at home...yada, yada. >>



Most IT people that know nothing or are lazy fsckers will be like that. Anyone worth the money they make will be too busy to help, but someone who wants to succeed should be able to help you out. But definitely talk to the guy in charge if you can. The palm and the printer I would definitely say are worthwhile, the nic Im not so sure about. But as long as they are doing the other two... 😉
 
I think my problem is that I am talking to the entry level support guy and he probably doesnt know how to change it.

But they are up in OK, and I am in TX. So I cannot 'go to the IT dept' and visit with them about getting this set up.

 


<< I think my problem is that I am talking to the entry level support guy and he probably doesnt know how to change it.

But they are up in OK, and I am in TX. So I cannot 'go to the IT dept' and visit with them about getting this set up. >>



That explains it. OK tech support *shudder*.
 
Where I work, they have to deal with a bunch of engineers that think they know what they are doing when it comes to IT, and the support guys are very accomodating, but the people at the insurance company where she works, really didn't seem very 'in-tune' to helping us out.


 


<< Where I work, they have to deal with a bunch of engineers that think they know what they are doing when it comes to IT, and the support guys are very accomodating, but the people at the insurance company where she works, really didn't seem very 'in-tune' to helping us out. >>



Unfortunately some IT depts are like that. They get a load of crap from the company CONSTANTLY, and never get anything good when things work.
 
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