Permissions issue with Studio

chill

I've been trying to set up a Windows 2000 environment at home for the purpose of coding Netlinx. In an effort to make Windows semi-secure, I've set up a "normal" user which I will use for routine non-sysadmin work, e.g. Netlinx coding. This user is a "user" in Windows 2000 terminology, i.e. no access to system areas. My theory is that when the system gets 0wn3d, rogue processes won't be able to do damage because they're running as a non-privileged user.

[Why 2000 and not something newer? Because that's what I have an installer CD for, and I'm not going to buy a new PC when I don't need to.]

In the course of testing things, I've found that Studio 2.4 (build 2.4.0.126) apparently wants to write files to c:\{blahblah}\system32\config, which of course "user" isn't allowed to do, so the compiler fails with

'ERROR: (0): C10580: Internal Error: Major system error occurred during code generation'

If I set permissions on c:\{blahblah}\system32 so that "user" has read/write/modify access, the error goes away, but this defeats the purpose of the existence of "user".

Is there some workaround, or do I just have to live with not being able to get any work done unless I'm root?

Many thanks in advance for any suggestions.

vincen

Did you take care to install all AMX softwares as admin user ? as it's mandatory, and then you should be able to run softwares as simple user without problems

Vinc

DHawthorne

I agree with Vincen - you should be able to run it fine as a user. But perhaps you need to install it as admin. I don't see where anything but installing should require writing to the system folder as you describe.

chill

This behavior seemed strange to me as well. Yes, I installed Studio as Administrator. Maybe I'll try reinstalling.

alexanbo

Probably not relevant to your problem but I've had that compiler error come up when I had two functions of the same name.

Chip Moody

chill wrote:

My theory is that when the system gets 0wn3d,

Slang update - at least that I've seen online recently - due to some haxzor slipping a keystroke, the "in" term is currently "to be pwned". (It's pronounced "powned" - just like owned with a p in front)

- Chip (keeper of all things inane and arcane)

alexanbo

Interesting I never actually thought anybody would say that out loud and never really considered how you'd pronounce it...

Joe Hebert

Chip Moody wrote:

Slang update - at least that I've seen online recently - due to some haxzor slipping a keystroke, the "in" term is currently "to be pwned". (It's pronounced "powned" - just like owned with a p in front)

Since we?re digressing: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwned

Chip Moody

alexanbo wrote:

Interesting I never actually thought anybody would say that out loud and never really considered how you'd pronounce it...

Hey - Xbox live - it's all about being vocal. (That's both good and bad)

- Chip

Jill

Chip Moody wrote:

Hey - Xbox live - it's all about being vocal. (That's both good and bad)
- Chip

Why does this not surprise me, Chip and vocal :eek: , you bad, bad Chip