Administrative Privileges for playback

Question

Many of our customers have limited access privileges on their
computer accounts. We are creating a movie for a customer that has
video files included as a cast member in the time line. The author
can play it back, but the test machines with limited access
permissions only see a red X.
Is there a list of items that require admin privileges
somewhere?
Is there a work-a-round or extra that would fix this problem?
Thank you!

Answer 1

I’ve got projects out in the field using both WMV and
MPG through MPEG Advance Xtra that play fine on restricted access
accounts (both XP and Vista) as long as Windows Media Player is
reasonably up to date (ie: as long as the codec is already
installed). No QuickTime required.
The suggestions offered above about tracking down your
missing xtra are likely to solve your problem, however, if you
really want to force your program to run as admin you can find
instructions here:
http://www.mods.com.au/budapi/
(click on the Notes for Vista Users link, then scroll to about the
middle of the page. I believe the instructions apply to both XP and
Vista although I haven't verified this) I’ve got to warn you,
forcing your app to run as admin isn’t a pretty solution,
restricted users will constantly be asked for permission to allow
the program to run, I’d only do this as a last resort. Again,
your issue is much more likely to be just a missing xtra.