Network Installation of AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop 6

Greetings!

I successfully completed network installation of AutoCAD 2002 and
mechanical Desktop 6 (MDT6). The installer created 'client' and
'network' folders on the network share. Next, I ran on a WinXP Pro
workstation the 'setup.exe' program for both AutoCAD and MDT6 found in
the corresponding 'client' folders. I executed the setup.exe logged on
as Administrator.

When I try to run the programs on the workstation logged on as a
on-Administrator user, I encounter the following problem:

- I log on as Administrator;
- I run AutoCAD 2002. Success.
- I log off as Administrator;
- I log on as regular user with Guest privileges;
- I run AutoCAD 2002. Success;
- I try to run MDT6 - get an error message:
Unable to run AutoCAD. This may be due to one of the following reasons:
1) This version of AutoCAD was not installed properly. In this case,
you may wis
h to reinstall AutoCAD.
2) You do not have sufficient rights to run AutoCAD.

- I log off as regular user;
- I log on as Administrator;
- I run MDT6 (the program that erred in the first try). Success.
- I log off as Administrator;
- I log on as regular user with Guest privileges;
- I run MDT6. Success;
- I try to run AutoCAD 2002 - get the same error message as above:
Unable to run AutoCAD. This may be due to one of the following reasons:
1) This version of AutoCAD was not installed properly. In this case,
you may wis
h to reinstall AutoCAD.
2) You do not have sufficient rights to run AutoCAD.

In short, as an non-Administrator I can run only the one program that
was last executed by the Administrator.

Please note that in our environment, university teaching lab, it is
imperative that we run the application as non-privileged users. Please
also note that we have no problems running network installation of
AutoCAD 2002 and Mechanical Desktop 4 under Win NT in the same
instructional lab where students log on as restricted users.

Any help will certainly be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
DVJ

 

AutoCAD 2002 and MDT6 require at least Power User logon rights to run
properly. AutoCAD 2004 allows you to run as a normal (limited) user account
but still is not supported logging on as a Guest user. Keep in mind that an
NT4 normal user is more equal to a W2K/XP Power User.

 

Jerry:

Thank you very much for your prompt reply.

While I understand that some applications require that the user must
have elevated privileges in order to run the program, my problem is
slightly different.

The problem with my installation is that a Guest-type user can run
either AutoCAD 2002 or MDT6, but not both. It appears that the decision
which application the Guest can run depends on the fact which
application an Administrator ran last. In other words, if an
Administrator runs AutoCAD 2002, then whichever Guest user logs on the
same machine after the Administrator will be able to run AutoCAD 2002,
but not MDT6. Now, if an Administrator runs MDT6, then the same Guest
users will be able to run MDT6, but not AutoCAD 2002.

Any thoughts on this will be greatly appreciated.

Many regards,
DVJ

 

you can try this : (It works on FAT32 also)

Some IS Managers would like members of the users group to be able to run
AutoCAD. By default, when AutoCAD 2000i or 2002 is installed on a Windows
2000 system, only members of the local power users group or administrators
group can run the program.
Answer:
Portions of the Windows 2000 registry are set as read only for the users
group. To allow members of the users group to run AutoCAD, permissions must
be changed on some of the registry keys.
NOTE: This procedure is only valid when AutoCAD is installed on an NTFS
partition.
WARNING: Backup the system and the registry before making any of these
changes.
Use the following procedure to change the registry permissions:
1. Log on as a member of the local administrators group.
2. Start REGEDT32.EXE by going to Start | Run, type regedt32 and press the
enter key
3. The Registry Editor is now running.
4. Click in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT window to make it active.
5. Click on the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT key to make it the active key.
6. Click on the Security pulldown.
7. Click on Permissions
8. Click the Advanced button.
9. Click on the Users group for the local machine to highlight it.
10. Click the View/Edit button.
11. The Permissions Entry for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is now displayed.
12. Under the Allow section, check all boxes except Write DAC and Write
Owner.
13. Click the OK button three times to return to the base Registry Editor
window. This may take a few minutes while the registry permissions are
updated.
14. Click on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE window to make it active.
15. Double-click Software to expand it.
16. Click on Autodesk to make it the active key.
17. Click on the Security pulldown.
18. Click on Permissions
19. Click the Advanced button.
20. Click on the Users group for the local machine to highlight it.
21. Click the View/Edit button.
22. The Permissions Entry for Autodesk is now displayed.
23. Under the Allow section, check all boxes except Write DAC and Write
Owner.
24. Click the OK button three times to return to the base Registry Editor
window. This may take a few minutes while the registry permissions are
updated.
25. Log in with an account that is a member of the users group and test that
AutoCAD can now be run.
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Use the Registry Editor only at your own risk and only after backing up the
registry as well as the System.dat and User.dat files as outlined in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base ARTICLE-ID: Q132332 TITLE: How to Back Up the
Registry. Additional information about the registry is also contained in the
Help topics in the Microsoft Windows Registry Editor.