Maybe, maybe not. However, it would confirm that the problem is an issue with your regular user account.Quote:
If i am able to install this program on an admin account, will i have to run the program from that account only?
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Maybe, maybe not. However, it would confirm that the problem is an issue with your regular user account.Quote:
If i am able to install this program on an admin account, will i have to run the program from that account only?
Even if you don't have a password, it would still prompt you to set a new one (you can set both to blank, though).Quote:
If i don't have a password to log in the account, what would a reset do or affect?
Hmm. The mydigitallife link appears to be down for me. Try this one instead:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...menu-in-vista/
I don't know the app, but there might be an option to install for all users.Quote:
That is my next step. However, if i am able to install this program on an admin account, will i have to run the program from that account only?
OK i enabled that hidden administrator account.Quote:
Another thing you could try would be to enable the hidden Administrator account, and try installing when logged in to that account.
I was able to run the .exe file to RUN the program.
Since the program wasn't INSTALLED (looking into the Add/Remove program), i thought that, from this account, i could install it properly: i still get that Group policy error. I am not sure how the program has all the files "installed", since the installer CAN'T install the program!
Then, once i ran the program successfully, i still could not use the screensharing function, which is a problem that i should now report to them.
So, in a way, you helped find "A" solution to run the program, but it does not solve the rest of the problem in using it.
I'll check back with their tech support and update you.
In the mean time, any idea what it means if the program can only be run on that hidden admin account?
EUREKA!
I am not sure why but since i noticed that all that installation was here:
C:\Users\User_2\AppData\Roaming\AnyMeeting
and i was not sure why i had a User_2 folder in addition to the User account, i figured i had nothing to lose to copy the AnyMeeting folder from the User_2 to the User folder.
And guess what? It now works. I can RUN the program.
Now, strangely, it is still not INSTALLED. So i can't UNINISTALL it.
I tried to INSTALL it from scratch (without removing the folder where everything is in) and it seems to want to install on the User_2 folder, which might just seem to be the problem.
How can i "direct" the installation to use the User account instead of the User_2 one? That might solve all my problems.
That is just bizarre. What options were there when you ran the installer? Was there a "Custom" option?
No option whatsoever.
Did you have a "User_2" before? If so, did you rename the account from "User_2" to something else?
You can take a look at step 8. See if one of the profile paths says User_2
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...le-folder.aspx
I am not 100% sure, but when i brought the computer into the shop to get Windows reinstalled, i don't think i had a User_2 user.
Now, i do have User and User_2. Some programs seem to be installed on one and not the other. How do i know what folder any future installation will be directed to?
Ok. It's starting to make sense now. Why was the computer in the shop? What did they do?
It seems like they renamed User_2 to User, but they didn't rename and redirect the profile folders. That would explain your group policy error and misdirected install.
Please read the link I posted. As I mentioned, look at step #8. Look for the key pointing to User_2 and change it to User.
Since i had various issues with different programs (Camtasia, AnyMeeting, although it was not the same problem at all, Windows Explorer, etc.,) and i had tried many solutions, unsuccessfully, i decided to have Windows reinstalled, hoping it would "clean up" any of the issues.Quote:
It's starting to make sense now. Why was the computer in the shop? What did they do?
Also, i am pretty sure i had Windows 7 Home edition, while i now have Professional edition.
Going for that link now.
Do you think i need to go through ALL the steps since i don't necessarily need to rename the folder but ONLY change the path for installation??
That's a lot of important background info. So they didn't do a clean install, but installed Win7 Pro over the top of Home Prem? Sigh. Without knowing exactly what was done, we're going to keep hitting walls like this.
I usually see the Group Policy error with malware infections, but renaming users will also cause issues.
No, you don't need to go through all the steps. I said step #8. It appears that they already renamed your user from User_2 to User.Quote:
Do you think i need to go through ALL the steps since i don't necessarily need to rename the folder but ONLY change the path for installation??
Make sure you write down which registry you are editing, in case you need to change it back.
It would be a good idea to create a System Restore point as well.
I am not sure they installed the Pro on top of the Home. They had everything taken out and even "forgot" to put back one folder that was 300+GB of data, so i think they did a clean install, but just had the Pro disc around instead of the Home edition! ;)Quote:
That's a lot of important background info. So they didn't do a clean install, but installed Win7 Pro over the top of Home Prem?
I don't want to open Pandora's Box of licensing, but they aren't supposed to just give you Win7 Pro instead of Home Prem.
To find your user's SID, run the following from a command prompt:
wmic useraccount get name,sid