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We just installed a new server in our office. We were running W 2000 on on our peer to peer network Now all user/desktop files are server based & The server is running M.S. Small Business Server. However DATACADv9 did not want to run untill I gave each user administrative privilidges. How do I run Datacadv9 on my xp & 2000 machines without giving them administrative privilidges? What rights do uses need to run DataCad v9

Thank you,

kPegram

Hi.

You only need to give the users administrator privliges on the local machine - DON"T make them domain admins!!!!!

What you will need to do is put the users DOMAIN account (which is a normal doman user) into the local administrator group on there respective workstations - Actually if you properly create the computer account using the SBS wizard, and join the workstation to the domain by running the "connect computer" wizard, the users account will automatically be put into the LOCAL administrator group on the machine by the wizard.

If the workstation has already been joined to the domain, then all you need to do is put the users domain account into the workstations local admin group.

Aaron

Thank you Aaron,

What if I don't want the user to be an admin on their local computer and only a user? Previously we had all our DataCad 9 seats running from a local user account and not as an administrator. We only had one of two new XP machines that would not run DataCad 9 from the local user account. That machine had to be logged in as an Administrator, but we could not figure out why.

Thanks,

Kyle

Thank you Aaron,

What if I don't want the user to be an admin on their local computer and only a user? Previously we had all our DataCad 9 seats running from a local user account and not as an administrator. We only had one of two new XP machines that would not run DataCad 9 from the local user account. That machine had to be logged in as an Administrator, but we could not figure out why.

Thanks,

Kyle

You should be able to grant the user full permissions on the DCADWIN.INI file without making them an Administrator. As long as the user has permissions on this file, located in the C:\Windows (or C:\WinNT) folder, it should work.

Thanks Mark,
This was what I needed!
Now I have just one problem.
The one computer which had to be run in admin mode before the server switchover had no problems plotting to our hpdesign jet 500 42. After switching over to the server but before giving access to the .ini file this XP machine when running DataCad could not find the Architectural Paper Sizes of paper even though they were clearly installed when viewing the printer properties in both DataCad and Windows.
I reinstalled DataCad and the latest Hardlock Driver. Now the same Machinge give me the following error when trying to plot to the HPDesignjet 500 42, "Printer selected is invalid"
All other 4 computes have no problem accessing the hp500
Can you Help

Hello Kyle:

If the HP 500 is less than a year old, you could call HP Tech Support -- they are pretty darn good! If it is older than one year, there will likely be a reasonable charge ($35? for the incident?), but this may well be worth every penny...

Thanks Mark,
This was what I needed!
Now I have just one problem.
The one computer which had to be run in admin mode before the server switchover had no problems plotting to our hpdesign jet 500 42. After switching over to the server but before giving access to the .ini file this XP machine when running DataCad could not find the Architectural Paper Sizes of paper even though they were clearly installed when viewing the printer properties in both DataCad and Windows.
I reinstalled DataCad and the latest Hardlock Driver. Now the same Machinge give me the following error when trying to plot to the HPDesignjet 500 42, "Printer selected is invalid"
All other 4 computes have no problem accessing the hp500
Can you Help

You need to exit DataCAD and open the HP DesignJet 500 driver to configure the available paper sizes. The method for doing so depends on the driver version number.

Open the Printers control panel, right click the 500 and choose Properties. On the Paper Standard tab, check Architectural.

If this is not an option, click Cancel, then right click the 500 and choose Printing Preferences. On the Paper tab, click the More Sizes button, or pick Edit Paper List in the list of available sizes. Now check Architectural in the list of used standards.

DataCAD 9 was released before the HP DesignJet 500 series, so this plotter was not originally supported. A free update was issued for DataCAD to add support for it. Go to https://www.datacad.com/update/update_dc9.htm to download the last update for DataCAD 9.

Thank you Mark,
I installed the update and this fixed the problem.
Thanks again,
KPegram