Beta - registering fails under limited user account

uwee · Post by **uwee** » 2004 May 17, 12:06

At work i have to use a restricted user account without admin privileges. At first start x2 shows a registration error and stops the program immediately - you dont have the chance to do anything.

This seems to belong to x2 trying to write the registration infos in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE part of the registry (despite all the other settings which are under HKEY_CURRENT_USER), which is not allowed (at my work) for restricted user accounts.

After 1 start under admin account it works without problems also under a user account.

I would propose to write the registration info also under HKEY_CURRENT_USER (especially when the license is generally personalized to ONE person this would make sense imho)....

Post by **nikos** » 2004 May 17, 12:15

this is by desing
the "pro" version will require proper installation and users will have to have admin rights (or at least "power user" rights) to complete the installation and enter the registration code

once the installation is complete x2 will be available to all users on a machine, regardless of their rights

uwee · Post by **uwee** » 2004 May 17, 13:01

But what is with the "Non-pro"-version? Does it also require admin rights?

Post by **nikos** » 2004 May 17, 13:13

the "lite" version will not require installation, although an installer will be optionally provided

Jaykul · Post by **Jaykul** » 2004 May 19, 13:54

Let me get this straight: only users with admin rights will be able to install a registered version of x2, right?

P.S.: so far, I've been unable to trick it into thinking it's registered, or into changing it's expiration date.

Post by **nikos** » 2004 May 19, 16:34

that's it, you need at least power user rights

btw, you know that there's a registration "key" xxxx in the email that went out with x.72, right? That should work!