Mode switching as Standard User/Administra

Can someone confirm that mode switching is possible only if user is logged on with Administrator privileges ?If I try to switch modes when logged on with User privileges strange things start to?happen Mixer can not find audio hardware, missing items on mixer panels and so on.

Bumped. Some more details on the problem. The system is Windows XP based with Creative X-Fi Extreme Music card. While logged on with Standard User privileges it is not possible to change modein any way using Mode Switcher or Audio Console.Additionaly all settings made in Mixer are reset after user logoff and arereverted to the ones set by the Administrator.

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I run a department with 4 Mac minis. Before today they all had a generic user and a common password. Using ARD I could access all of them at any time.
Its been determined that we need to set up individual users on these machines. If the individual user changes his password, I no longer have access to the machine.
All of the users are set up as Standard Users
I have an Administrator user on every machine.
Is there a way I can open my Admin user while they are logged in? Even in Curtain mode?
Is there a way, I can see and control their desktop without their password.
I need to install, update and make changes to software on these machines, but I want them to have passwords so they can keep their private company email on there.
Any suggestions?
Im running OS 10.9
The other macs are running 10.6.8
all ARD versions are 3.5.4

Nevermind! I fixed my own problem.
Delete the computers in ARD "All Computers" (take note of the IP addresses first)
Go to the scanner and search for the IP address.
log in with the Administrator UN & PW.
You now have access.

How do I get firefox to up date from a standard user account....or at least tell me to log on as administrator and update?

I do almost all my work from a standard user account. Firefox neither automatically updates (as I set it to) or informs me an update is available.
How do I get Firefox to update automatically when I am logged on as a standard user....or at least tell me to switch to admin account and update?

Let me add a note to the developers: WE ARE ALL NOT ADMINISTRATORS!
Even on our own personal computers.
I claim that administrator accounts are for administering, or developing; not using. I wouldn't be an administrator for longer than is necessary than walk down the centre of a highway with my eyes closed.
I'll repeat: Mozilla really should prevent the 'Update' button showing to an ordinary user if it's not going to be possible to use it.

Problem with mode switching/Volume Panel in multi-user environment?

As above - using Windows 7 64-bit with an X-Fi Titanium Fatalty card.
All works well as long as I'm the only person logged in, but if my wife logs into the computer (using Windows 7's built-in multi-user mode...'fast user switching', which is enabled by default), and then I log back in...well, the volume panel app doesn't seem to work. In fact, even using the control panel app, I can't regain control of the soundcard enough to switch modes.
Logging her off doesn't resolve the issue, so it seems like something about her logging on (another user logging in, two volpanlu.exe running, something) is causing my instance to go haywire. [FWIW, I'm a 'standard' user on the PC, and her login is a 'limited' user]
Note that 'killing' the task volpanlu.exe in task managed, then going to the Windows services control panel and stopping and re-starting the 'Windows Audio' service, and finally re-launching volpanlu.exe from the start menu DOES always work to resolve the problem (regardless of if she's logged in or not...this always fixes it).
Still, that's a kinda annoyingly large set of steps to always have to go through whenever I want to change audio mode after she's logged in.
Is there any way to fix this? Any setting I could be missing to optimize the X-Fi control panel for multi-user environments? Any of the X-Fi mod dri've packs handle fast user switching better? Any other ideas?

GA little bit more tinkering around this, and I have some more information:
- Once I "seize control" (the kill of volpanlu, restart 'Windows Audio' service, re-launch volpanlu), if my wife logs back in, now *she* can't change the audio mode

How do I convert a standard user to an administrator if i have no other admins on the computer, re-bootimg NOT an option, please help!!!!!!

how do I convert a standard user to an administrator if i have no other admins on the computer, re-bootimg NOT an option, please help!!!!!!

Please take these steps to restore administrator privileges to your account. This somewhat tedious procedure is only necessary if you've confirmed that no adminstrator account exists on the system.
If you don't already have a current backup of all your data, you must back up before taking any of the steps below. Ask if you need guidance. You won't need the backup unless something goes wrong—which is always a possibility.
Step 1
Start up in Recovery mode. The OS X Utilities screen will appear.
Step 2
Take this step only if you use FileVault 2. Launch Disk Utility, then select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main screen.
Step 3
Select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. In the window that opens, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window opens. Select your startup volume if not already selected. Pull down the menu labeled
Select the user account
and select
System Administrator (root)
Follow the prompts to set a password. It's safest to choose a password that includes only the characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9. I suggest you write down the password. If you don't write it down and forget it, you'll have to start over from Step 1.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.
Step 4
This step, like Step 2, applies only if you use FileVault. Log in as usual, then select
 ▹ Log Out...
from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-Q. Don't restart. You'll be returned to the login screen.
Step 5
At the login screen, click Other... Enter "root" (without the quotes) in the Name field, and enter the password you set in Step 3 in the Password field. You should now be logged in as root. This is a potentially dangerous condition. Do nothing while logged in as root except as indicated below. You'll be fine as long as you don't deviate from the plan.
Open the Users & Groups preference pane. Select your usual administrator account in the list of users and check the box marked
Allow user to administer this computer
You'll be prompted to restart. Do that and log in as yourself—not as root. Your administrator status should now be restored.
Step 6 (optional, but recommended)
Follow the instructions in this support article under the heading "Disable the root user." You must authenticate in Directory Utility as "root" with the password you set in Step 3. Authenticating as another administrator won't work.
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When using ARD 3 to 'Create Client Installer...' I end up with a new user on my network Macs who is a 'Standard' user for that Mac. Don't I really want the ADR User to be an 'Administrator' for that machine - or if not, why not?!
For example say I want to be control the System Preferences of a Mac in my office, to unlock these I need to be an Administrator.
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Hi all
In cFolders 3.1 , user administration --> Standard Settings tab page:
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My question is :- after making this setting as above ,Will all the users created using su01 inherit the default settings ?
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its subordinate. Does the administrator administrate over other administrators. He or she would set the restore point instead of the standard user. While the both somehow believe their personal documents are at least somewhat private. Sure there is not
equal power on both sides.
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Hi,
Yes, like GTS-NJ said, You must provide the administrator to change it back and make changes for computer.
The only choice for you is to check if the built-in administrator is enabled if that account you have changed to standard user is the unique administrator account.
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Triple-click the following line to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
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Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
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GroupMembership: root admin1 admin2 ...
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