MaxDB 7.6 on Windows 7 - permissions problems

Hi.
I want to install MaxDB on windows 7 so that regular users could control the x_server and issue dbmcli commands.
Currently when I install it, only the administrator can control x_server (start/stop it) - regular users get an access denied error.
In addition, various commands fail with error:
ERR
-24994,ERR_RTE: Runtime environment error
1,could not create comm. shared memory [5]
When trying to run them not as administrator.
So, what are the guidelines for installing maxdb under windows 7 regarding permissions?
How can I let regular users do these actions?
Thanks,
Doron

> You're saying there is no way for my application to do this without having admin privileges?
The required privileges had been available to standard users until Windows 2008/Vista.
And, by the way, MaxDB is not released for Vista!
> Or the dbmcli commands - part of them succeed and part don't. Why is that? I can create a database with regular user privileges but I can't extend it. This does not sound as designed behavior - maybe I'm doing something wrong?
It's just that MaxDB is a server product and is not developed on Windows 7 for end users.
No design bug here, just the standard permissions for end users have changed with Windows 7.
> (the dbmcli behavior looks suspicious to me because on linux/solaris it works without root privileges).
Ok - this is something completely different here.
Even as member of "Administrators" on Windows 7 you don't have all privileges...
Right now, you've to use these tools as administrator on Windows 7.
While we're at it: if there is a chance that this will be changed/adapted I highly doubt that it would happen for an old release as 7.6.
Go for 7.7 or 7.8 instead.
regards,
Lars

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