iTunes 7 Privilege Problems with Non-Administrator Account

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iTunes 7 Privilege Problems with Non-Administrator Account

Hello,

I've installed iTunes 7 on WinXP using my account, which is in the Administrators group. However, when I attempt to launch it under another account (which is in the Power Users group, but is not an administrator), a window is displayed with the following message:

"Please wait while Windows configures iTunes".

This occurs every time I launch iTunes. Afterwards, I sometimes receive a message indicating this account doesn't have privileges necessary to start a service and the configuration step is undone. Other times, I receive the following:

"An error occurred while updating the default player for audio file types. You do not have enough access privileges for this operation."

I really don't want to give this account Administrator privileges. What are my options?

Thanks.

Windows XP Pro

Posted on Dec 23, 2006 10:46 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 26, 2006 7:39 AM in response to Preston

Here are a couple of things to try:
1. Create a group called IpodUsers
2. Add restricted users you want to access itunes
3. goto: START>MY COMPUTER navigate to Program Files
4. Find the iTunes, Quicktime, and Apple Update folder.
5. Right click on on the folder and select Properties goto the Security Tab
6. Click add, Add in IpodUsers, in the lower pane place check mark in Full Control box. Repeat for the other 2 folders
That should allow your users to access the program
To allow the access to the same library look here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93195
To have the same playlists etc look here: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1881635&tstart=25
and here http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1175181&#1175181
hope this helps

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madwin

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Dec 31, 2006 1:45 PM in response to The1GWolf

I have the same problem with my daughter's limited user account. Every time she starts iTunes on a fresh login, iTunes 7.02 "reinstalls" and reconfigures itself. The idea of creating a new group with full rights to the key files and folders sounds like it would work with WinXP Pro. However, I can't get use this technique with WinXP Home because of its simplistic security model. I'm going to research two other possibilities:

-- Third party utilities that allow granting full access rights to specific files and folders in WinXP home

-- Creating a dedicated administrator account for my daughter's iPod, and beefing up the firewall and antivirus settings for that account to minimize the risk of malware.

I'd welcome any suggestions from others with this problem.

Home build based on NetVista motherboard and case Windows XP

IBM Windows XP

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