| ??? 11/30/10 15:18 Read: times |
#179752 - I do! Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
Why would a "user install" require a U: drive, that does not make sense. Because bad software can give bad messages. To have given a message saying "Admin privilege needed" would have required the application to check the privilege level; it clearly hasn't done that, so it's into the land of undefined behaviour - where it's assuming things to be as they are not. In that state, as you know, nonsense is to be expected... it should be possible to do a "user install" No, I don't think so. My kids have user (not admin) accounts specifically so that they don't go installing stuff without me knowing! if not there should be an understandable message. Indeed - but that requires the application to be properly designed to detect & report the situation. There is a regrettably large number of software developers out there who simply don't get this. It's bad enough with cheap "toy" software - but there is far too much so-called "professional" software that also fails dismally on this. :-( eg, I have a so-called "professional" (and expnsive when new) film negative scanner; but its software won't work except on an Administrator login - and does not give a sensible error message. This is the equivalnet of the RC reset in PC software - it's all well-known and well-documented by experienced developers, but there are too many "cheap" developers out there who just don't know and/or can't be bothered to get it "right" will windows 8 require you to call a "microsoft certified" joker to install your software? Back at the car analogy, would you think it a good idea to have anyone with zero skill & experience fiddling with the brakes on their car...? |
