Cannot open installed programs? Insufficient permissions?

My apologies if this question has already been answered, or if I'm posting in the wrong place. We just got two lovely new macs in the library - one is a 20 inch iMac running leopard, to supplement our two eMacs running Panther and Tiger respectively. On the iMac, I asked that Final Cut Express and iWork be preinstalled. The disks came with the machine and I installed them today, typing in the registration codes when prompted. However, both times I got a message that the user (I was installing from the kids' desktop, which is a standard account) did not have sufficient privileges to complete the installation. After this, I was prompted for my administrator's code, typed it in, and completed the installation.
Here's the result: I can run both programs from the library desktop, but neither one will open from the teen's desktop. And I want the kids to be able to use the programs! I also keep getting asked for the registration numbers; the computer doesn't seem to remember that I already entered it. We had similar problems on the eMacs when we gave the kids a limited account, but they were mostly solved when we changed that to a standard account, which is what we have on the new iMac.
I'm sorry if this is unclear, but leopard is brand new to me, and I still don't feel as expert with OS X as I was with the classic OS. It is a beautiful machine, though! I hope we'll be able to get those programs working for the kids - all the preinstalled programs are working beautifully. TIA!

For some reason the programs are working now. I don't know how or why, which is frustrating, but the good thing is that they are working.

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