I've successfully installed a typing tutor program on my Dell Inspiron 1720
running Vista Home Premium. I have no problem using it, but I really
installed it for my mother-in-law to use. She does NOT have an admin
account. If she tries to run it, it asks her for the admin password. I
don't want her to have the admin password, BUT I DO want her to be able to
use this program.

Surely, it is possible to do this with Vista's <Oh so wonderfully new and
enhanced> security. I haven't figured it out yet. Can someone tell me how
to do this.

Thanks1

If this is the same program I installed recently (Typing Instructor for Kids)
then I would first note that this issue is due to the fact that the program
in question is not Vista-comaptible. In fact, it is not compatible with any
version of Windows that came after Windows ME. The issue is that the program
requires modify access to its installation folders in C:\Program Files, which
is unacceptable, of course.

On the other hand, the issue is easy to fix: Simply give your mother-in-law
access to that folder. Right-click on the folder that the program is
installed in, click on the Security tab, the click on the "Edit" button
(administrator access required at this point), click on Users, and put a
check mark in the Modify field. That should do it.

"Billiken66" wrote:

> I've successfully installed a typing tutor program on my Dell Inspiron 1720
> running Vista Home Premium. I have no problem using it, but I really
> installed it for my mother-in-law to use. She does NOT have an admin
> account. If she tries to run it, it asks her for the admin password. I
> don't want her to have the admin password, BUT I DO want her to be able to
> use this program.
>
> Surely, it is possible to do this with Vista's <Oh so wonderfully new and
> enhanced> security. I haven't figured it out yet. Can someone tell me how
> to do this.
>
> Thanks1

John,
Nope, the program is Typing Quick and Easy v17.0, and in the system
requirements section on the box, Windows Vista is listed first (then XP and
2000). I would have assumed this meant the thing was Vista compatible.

I'll give what you suggested a try, however.

Thanks for the input.

"John Myers" wrote:

> If this is the same program I installed recently (Typing Instructor for Kids)
> then I would first note that this issue is due to the fact that the program
> in question is not Vista-comaptible. In fact, it is not compatible with any
> version of Windows that came after Windows ME. The issue is that the program
> requires modify access to its installation folders in C:\Program Files, which
> is unacceptable, of course.
>
> On the other hand, the issue is easy to fix: Simply give your mother-in-law
> access to that folder. Right-click on the folder that the program is
> installed in, click on the Security tab, the click on the "Edit" button
> (administrator access required at this point), click on Users, and put a
> check mark in the Modify field. That should do it.
>
> "Billiken66" wrote:
>

> > I've successfully installed a typing tutor program on my Dell Inspiron 1720
> > running Vista Home Premium. I have no problem using it, but I really
> > installed it for my mother-in-law to use. She does NOT have an admin
> > account. If she tries to run it, it asks her for the admin password. I
> > don't want her to have the admin password, BUT I DO want her to be able to
> > use this program.
> >
> > Surely, it is possible to do this with Vista's <Oh so wonderfully new and
> > enhanced> security. I haven't figured it out yet. Can someone tell me how
> > to do this.
> >
> > Thanks1

Well, that's not doing it! It certainly enabled me to change the security
properties of the folder where the program resides, it still won't run
without an admin password.

I get a window, coming from User Access Control that says:

"An unidentified program wants access to your computer" with a warning
about running unidentified programs. If you want to continue you have to
enter the password for MY account, which is the only user account to have
admin rights.

Anybody got any other suggestions.

"John Myers" wrote:

> If this is the same program I installed recently (Typing Instructor for Kids)
> then I would first note that this issue is due to the fact that the program
> in question is not Vista-comaptible. In fact, it is not compatible with any
> version of Windows that came after Windows ME. The issue is that the program
> requires modify access to its installation folders in C:\Program Files, which
> is unacceptable, of course.
>
> On the other hand, the issue is easy to fix: Simply give your mother-in-law
> access to that folder. Right-click on the folder that the program is
> installed in, click on the Security tab, the click on the "Edit" button
> (administrator access required at this point), click on Users, and put a
> check mark in the Modify field. That should do it.
>
> "Billiken66" wrote:
>

> > I've successfully installed a typing tutor program on my Dell Inspiron 1720
> > running Vista Home Premium. I have no problem using it, but I really
> > installed it for my mother-in-law to use. She does NOT have an admin
> > account. If she tries to run it, it asks her for the admin password. I
> > don't want her to have the admin password, BUT I DO want her to be able to
> > use this program.
> >
> > Surely, it is possible to do this with Vista's <Oh so wonderfully new and
> > enhanced> security. I haven't figured it out yet. Can someone tell me how
> > to do this.
> >
> > Thanks1

Originally Posted by Billiken66

Well, that's not doing it! It certainly enabled me to change the security
properties of the folder where the program resides, it still won't run
without an admin password.

I get a window, coming from User Access Control that says:

"An unidentified program wants access to your computer" with a warning
about running unidentified programs. If you want to continue you have to
enter the password for MY account, which is the only user account to have
admin rights.

Anybody got any other suggestions.

"John Myers" wrote:

> If this is the same program I installed recently (Typing Instructor for Kids)
> then I would first note that this issue is due to the fact that the program
> in question is not Vista-comaptible. In fact, it is not compatible with any
> version of Windows that came after Windows ME. The issue is that the program
> requires modify access to its installation folders in C:\Program Files, which
> is unacceptable, of course.
>
> On the other hand, the issue is easy to fix: Simply give your mother-in-law
> access to that folder. Right-click on the folder that the program is
> installed in, click on the Security tab, the click on the "Edit" button
> (administrator access required at this point), click on Users, and put a
> check mark in the Modify field. That should do it.
>
> "Billiken66" wrote:
>

> > I've successfully installed a typing tutor program on my Dell Inspiron 1720
> > running Vista Home Premium. I have no problem using it, but I really
> > installed it for my mother-in-law to use. She does NOT have an admin
> > account. If she tries to run it, it asks her for the admin password. I
> > don't want her to have the admin password, BUT I DO want her to be able to
> > use this program.
> >
> > Surely, it is possible to do this with Vista's <Oh so wonderfully new and
> > enhanced> security. I haven't figured it out yet. Can someone tell me how
> > to do this.
> >
> > Thanks1

I realize this thread is old, but I recently installed the same program (Typing Quick & Easy) and had the same problem, this time in a school setting (need to let the students access the program on their own non-admin accounts), and I thought my workaround the UAC (it's program specific) is a little easier on the non-techie than doing stuff like running the program as a scheduled task.

The User Access Control warning here is actually a result not of the typing program itself, but of the file "ISI Updater.exe". If you just want to run the program and not worry about running an updater every time, you can just run the file "TypingInstructor.exe" instead, and it should start up the typing program with no UAC problems.

To do this, just find the file in Program Files>Typing Quick & Easy and either run it from there or make a shortcut to it and put it wherever you want.