App Store Access with Mountain Lion - Administrator only?

Hi All:
After installing ML, I noticed that I only have access to the app store when logged into the Administrator account.  When logged in through any other account, my app store has the message "Cannot Connect to the App store".  My internet connection is fine.
Has this always been the case where administrators can only access the app store?
Thanks!

I've seen this too.  Sort of.  On my MBPro I was able to access the App Store with my user account to install updates after upgrading to ML.  On my iMac, it has been hit and miss, mostly miss.  The day I upgraded to ML I was able to install updates but it took several tries.  I attributed it to the servers being loaded down with the release of ML. However, I've not been able to access the store for three days now for one last install.  After reading your post I tried my admin account and it worked.  This doesn't answer your question but thanks for helping me out. 

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