girder autoload only for adminstrative accts in W2K?

[mechou]

OK, I may have missed this in the Girder FAQs, but I seem to have problems autoloading Girder profiles on logging in as a non-administrative user in W2K. None of the girder settings seem to stick, like start in tray mode, no splash screen, etc. Do I have to install girder using normal user account (in addition to administrator account)? It always starts maximized, no profile loaded. Works normal if I'm logged in as admin.

I'm using Girder 3.1.3c

Thanks,
Mark

[mechou]

Are there any plans to enable non-admins to also enjoy girder in Win2k? In the meantime, are there any hacks for non-admin users to autostart girder with profile w/o manual intervention? (i.e. "girder myprofile.gml") in startup group or something??

If you need a helping hand in this area let me know.

Thanks,
Mark

[mechou]

Matt is correct, "normal" users are allowed to read HKLM, but not write. Yes, I think only admins can make changes, but normal users should be allowed to use (start) girder as well. Not knowing any girder internals, would it be possible to have a "preferences" file that girder can refer to, such as startup state, enabled devices/plugins, etc.? I'd imagine it will essentially be a copy of the girder hive.

What do you folks think?

Thanks,
Mark

[mattwire]

Since girder is designed for control of the system (like the keyboard/mouse) I think it should only be modifiable by admins (imagine a normal user being able to remap keyboard keys for example!).

Just had a thought. When girder loads does it attempt to write anything to the registry or is it purely reading data? Because if it attempts to write anything it may be causing the whole registry function to fail? Thus failing to retrieve the settings?

[mattwire]

Glad my 'thought' was helpful!
I use the delphi registry routines myself quite a lot without any problems, then I realised I always use HKCU so the problem has never occurred.

[mattwire]

Mark. For my use it is much better if the configuration is saved in HKLM since the hardware etc. does not change per user.
Is there any way you can access the registry with c++ to read and then separately to write?
I appreciate it is probably a lot easier to do this in delphi than c but it would be very helpful.

[mattwire]

Thankyou Mark!