Non-Admin User Account Desktop is all messed up..graphically...HELP!

This issue is difficult to explain, but here it goes...
I have 2 users (desktops) setup on Lion. My primarydesktop is the Admin account and my wife has her own (for her iTunes,mail, etc.). Until just recently, I could switch between users easilyand stuff worked properly. However, lately I switch to my wife's useraccount and everything is jacked up. The icons and dock are both big& blocky and whenever I click on an icon it disfigures thewallpaper. Also, the wallpaper image is also messed up.
Itjust started doing this so not sure what happened or what I can do tofix it. Is it possible to nuke her desktop/user acct and start freshwithout messing up mine? Or do I have to do the entire machine andrestore from Time Machine?
Totally perplexed by this one.
Thanks!
Bryan

There is only one solution: create a new Standard user account and set it as your auto login account, if you use that feature.
Using what you describe is mostly a false sense of security. Were someone to hack into the computer they could hack into the standard account, so you would not wish to keep any sensitive data in that account. Other things to consider:
Turn on your Firewall in Security & Privacy preference panel.
Use software to mask your online presence such as ProxyCap 2.03, MacProxy, Proxifier, or Hotspot Shield.

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Help-I want to move my stuff out of admin user account to a non-admin user account for security. How can this be done?

So... I have amassed loads of documents, videos, music, photos, etc. onto my MacBook Pro all under the admin user account I set up for myself. I am the only one who uses the MacBook. I now work virtually and am online at different free wifi spots, and I want to access all of my stuff under a non-admin user account for security reasons.
I attempted to uncheck the "allow this user to administer this computer" box under my admin user account, but it is greyed out and I cannot.
Is there an easier way to fix this than backing up all of my stuff and then moving it to a non-admin account?

There is only one solution: create a new Standard user account and set it as your auto login account, if you use that feature.
Using what you describe is mostly a false sense of security. Were someone to hack into the computer they could hack into the standard account, so you would not wish to keep any sensitive data in that account. Other things to consider:
Turn on your Firewall in Security & Privacy preference panel.
Use software to mask your online presence such as ProxyCap 2.03, MacProxy, Proxifier, or Hotspot Shield.

Is there any way to prevent non-admin user accounts to receive software update prompts?

I am the admin account user on our MacBook Pro, and there is one standard user account on it as well. Generally we are both logged on so we can quickly switch between user accounts and 'spin the desktop'.
For some reason, all the software update notifications seem to be received when the standard user account is the active one.
I know that the standard user cannot actually update without my account password and my Apple ID, but a) The notifications confuse the non-admin user, and she gets flustered, and b) Even if she manages to cancel them from the notification area, she then has to remember to tell me verbally that she had had one.
Is there any way to stop her receiving the update notifications altogether?
Running OS X 10.8.2 on MacBook Pro.
Thanks in advance.

You should be able to do this by unchecking the software update service in the system preferences to prevent the system from running the check as the "_softwareupate" user and passing it to the notification service that broadcasts to all user accounts. Then you can check for the software update in an admin account using the following Terminal line:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/Resources/SoftwareUpdateCheck -Check YES
This line can be scripted via Terminal services to run on a schedule (ie, every few hours), and if there are found updates it will launch the App Store for that account and present them. Granted this approach circumvents the notification service, but should work. To try this, open TextEdit on your computer and in a new document choose "Make Plain Text" from the Format menu.
Then copy and paste the following text into the new document:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>local.softwareupdatecheck</string>
          <key>ProgramArguments</key>
          <array>
                    <string>/System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/Resources/SoftwareUpdateCheck</string>
                    <string>-Check</string>
                    <string>YES</string>
          </array>
          <key>StartInterval</key>
          <integer>21600</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
When done, save the document to your desktop as "softwareupdatecheck.plist" or anything as long as it ends with ".plist." Then get information on the file in the Finder to ensure its name ends with plist and not anything else like "plist.txt" (rename it accordingly in the Info window's "Name & Extension" section.
With the file name appropriate, hold the Option key and choose the "Library" option in the Finder's "Go" menu. Then locate the folder called "Launch Agents" in the library and drag the text file to this folder. Then log out and log back into your account.
This text file is a launch agent script that instructs the system to run the program arguments every 21600 seconds (6 hours) whenever the user is logged in. The program arguments here are simply those to check for software updates for the system. You can change this time interval to be any number of seconds you would like, but there are other options to use besides the "StartInterval" key for scheduling the task. This approach simply has it repeat every number of seconds, but you can use other options to have it only run on specific hours or days, or only have it run once when you log in, etc.
If this works for you, then if you'd like to explore these other options write back here and we can go over them for you.

How can I auto load Safari thru a non-Admin user account

Okay, maybe I don't want to do this - - but can I?
I have my old iMac setup to turn on at 8am. I would like to access it remotely through LogMeIn.com. But I need Safari running for remote access.
I'd prefer to have Safari running in a 'Guest' User Account with no Admin rights (then from LogMeIn.com, switch to my user account and I can enter my password manually).
I know how to auto login to a Guest account, but how do I have that account auto start Safari? Only Administrators can have programs start automatically, right?
I don't want to auto-login (with password if that's even possible) to my main Administrator account.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

I use iKey to remap the keys. It has a little more function then youpi key. For many years, I used youpi key before switching to iKey.
In addition, ikey will allow you to run ikey applications when ikey starts.
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You might like iKey/youpi key. I have my frequently used applications set to f keys. The same f key starts an application and switches to the application.
Youpi key is free. It works fairly well for me in MAC OS 10.4 although not officially supported. There is a commercial version you can buy, called iKey.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11485&vid=75326
I have the common programs that I use assigned to function keys. I have F4 assigned to Firefox. When I want to start FireFox, I press F4. When I want to switch to firefox, I press F4! Starting & switching to an application in Mac OS are the same thing in Mac OS.
Here is an example of to assign volumn control to a function key.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10361085#10361085
Here is a solution with XTool. XTool Uses exact screen addresses. So a movement of an icon will cause you trouble.
do shell script "/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPDisplaysDataType | grep 'Resolution'" -- get info
tell the result to set {DisplayWidth, DisplayHeight} to {word 2, word 4} -- get resolution
--move mouse {DisplayWidth div 2, DisplayHeight div 2} -- center mouse
move mouse {670, 13} --sound
click mouse
move mouse {673, 96} --sound level
click mouse
move mouse {555, 282} -- center mouse
click mouse
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   http://www.lestang.org/osax/XTool/
   XTool-2.0-src.dmg.tgz
   Installation :
   Drag
.osax from insite the image to one of the following locations (create the directory if it does not exist) :
a : ~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/
   b : /Library/ScriptingAdditions/
   c : /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/
   I have it in directory /System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/
   My other two directories do not exit: ~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/ &
      /Library/ScriptingAdditions/
.    Next, you will need to place a script application into your login items (System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items) that will move the mouse when you log in:

Non admin user - changes not saved (Safari settings, system prefs, etc.)

iMac, 2 users, one is administrator and other is standard user. Recently, in the non-admin user account, it has become impossible to make any changes. For example, adding an application to the the Dock, after logging out and back in next time, the application is not in the Dock any more. Also, making changes to the prefs in Safari, changes are not saved.
I noticed this after installing FireFox v4. I installed it as admin whilst in the non-admin users account. However, I don't believe that the installation of FF has anything to do with the problem, it just highlighted it. I've checked the permissions for the various directories that hold prefs info such as user/libraries/application prefs/etc. etc. and also Safari prefs. Nothing I can see that has changed in system prefs.
Any ideas on what has caused the problem (kids are known to fiddle from within the non-admin account) and any ideas on how to fix it?
Thanks

Hi PPRuNe,
You could try making the standard user an Admin too. To do this, make sure you are logged in to the standard user, go to System Preferences > Accounts > Standard user (you may have to unlock the padlock) > Allow user to administer this computer
This will allow changes to be made without being prompted for a password all the time.
However, if you had Parental Controls on, they probably won't work on an admin account because as an admin you have complete control over a computer, so the computer thinks there is no point in having the controls turned on. And if the kids are known to "fiddle," just think carefully!
Hope this helps you.
Chris.

A Solution for Enabling Sandbox activation by non admin users for testing (OIM 11gr2 PS2)

I just wanted to post what i came up with as a solution the the problem of not being able to Test the effects of sandbox changes for non admin level users prior to their publication. We are constantly making changes to the UI through sandboxes, the problem is rolling a sandbox back isn't easy, and we cannot be sure of the effects they will have on non administrative users until they are published, since the out of the box sandbox link isn't available to non Sysadmin level users.
To allow these non admin user accounts to test the effects of sandbox changes in our development environment, I did the following (as always, follow at your own risk):
Create and activate a new sandbox.
Close all open tabs (including the Home and Sandbox tabs) and click the "Customize" link.
Click the view -> source drop down in the upper left.
After the source is visible, click the Accessibility or Sandbox link to find the area that you will add the new "UserSandboxTest" (call it whatever you want) link.
Add a new commandImageLink directly in the panelGroupLayout: horizontal item before the "switcher" item (see the UserSandboxLink in my screen shot below):
Edit the Link you just inserted, Entering whatever you want the link to display as in your browser in the "Text" field.
Export the sandbox.
Unzip the exported sandbox and navigate to the IdmShellV2.jspx.xml (path should be: \templates\mdssys\cust\site\site).
Edit the IdmShellV2.jspx.xml file and find the new item you added in step 5.
Add the following to the commandImageLink xml item: actionListener="#{pageFlowScope.uiShell.context.launchSandboxes}" rendered="#{oimcontext.currentUser.roles['SANDBOX_USER'] != null}". Note: I used a new custom enterprise role, SANDBOX_USER, to control the display of the new link, You should substitute whatever EL conditions you need in the rendered property.
Save your IdmShellV2.jspx.xml file and zip the contents back up, just like you would for any other customization.
Import your newly edited sandbox back into the target environment.
Publish the sandbox.
This seems to work great for allowing us to test other sandbox changes effects on different types of users.

On step 10, adding the check to determine if the user should have access to the role ended up breaking access to the unauthenticated pages like the self registration page and the forgot userid/user login pages. Non-authenticated users cannot execute the method to return the role, so that fails which leaves the page not loading. To correct this I changed the rendered property to rendered="#{securityContext.authenticated}". This prevents the link from displaying on non authenticated pages, but displays for anyone else who's logged on. We only plan on using this in our development environment where no one but developers and system admins have access anyway, so it's not an issue that everyone will see the link. I wouldn't recommend putting this in an environment where end users will be logging in and testing without developing a method (or finding another way to limit the display) that can be called by unauthenticated users to prevent them from seeing the link.

Allowing non-admin users partial admin privileges

Hi All
I manage a number of Macs on a large corporate (PC-centric) network. Organisation policy prohibits giving users admin privileges. However, I want users to be able to do some admin tasks like installing software, but not to have admin privileges per se. The Parental Controls option for non-admin accounts does not offer sufficient functionality.
All the Macs are stand alone (not managed accounts), and are accessible via Apple Remote desktop. Few of the Mac users are command line savvy, so any solution has to be invisible, or via a simple gui.
Thanks in advance
Dave Mitchelll

Most software does not need to be in the Applications folder to run. Non-admin users can install most drag-and-drop software right inside their home folders and run the apps from there.

Safari problem & how do I do admin user account fix

Using Safari 1.3.2, QT 6.5.2, OSX.3.9 on Mac G4. I have not chosen to upgrade to QT 7 or Tiger because of other apps on this machine.
Safari crashes when I try to empty cache. Problem started after upgrade to above and installing flip4mac. - not sure which caused the problem.
I've already thrown out the suggested things from Safari prefs, plist, cache files from prefs, etc. I also trashed all of the fllip4mac pieces. Didn't fix the problem.
The only solution has been to log in as a different user. So, I guess I have to fix or delete and re-do the problem user account, which is my main admin. user account. I see that the dialogue box says I can save the user folder items into a "deleted user" folder.
Before taking this step, I want to know what happens then? Do I just drag the items back into the new admin. account? I would like some info before I take this step - don't want any regrets. If I can and do drag stuff back, any chance it would bring the problem with it? Will I get all my setting back? How about a step x step on setting up as new admin.?
Mac G4 450 SP Mac OS X (10.3.9)
Mac G4 450 SP Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Hi Chris
I can't help with a step by step - but did you simply trash the f4m files or run the uninstaller.pkg ??
Below is the list of commands that the uninstaller uses to remove/reset everything that was changed when f4m was installed. Possibly you didn't locate all these files?.
#!/bin/sh
# remove historical files
userGuide="Flip4Mac WMV Player User Guide.pdf"
/bin/rm ~/Desktop/"$userGuide"
prefPaneNameOnDesktop="Flip4Mac WMV Registration"
/bin/rm ~/Desktop/"$prefPaneNameOnDesktop"
preferencesPath="/Library/Preferences"
internetPluginsPath="/Library/Internet Plug-Ins"
windozeMediaPluginName="Windows Media Plugin"
disabledFolderName="Disabled Plug-Ins"
appFolderPath="/Applications/Flip4Mac"
/bin/rm -rf /Applications/WMV\ Player.app/
# New application files and registration link
/bin/rm -rf "$appFolderPath"/WMV\ Player.app/
/bin/rm "$appFolderPath"/Users\ Guide.rtf
/bin/rm "$appFolderPath"/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ User\ Guide.pdf
/bin/rm "$appFolderPath"/WMV\ Upgrade
# Remove QT components
/bin/rm -rf /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Import.component/
/bin/rm -rf /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Export.component/
# Remove web browser plug-ins
/bin/rm -rf "$internetPluginsPath"/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Plugin.plugin/
/bin/rm -rf "$internetPluginsPath"/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Plugin.webplugin/
/bin/rm -rf "$internetPluginsPath/$disabledFolderName"/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Plugin.plugin/
/bin/rm -rf "$internetPluginsPath/$disabledFolderName"/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Plugin.webplugin/
# move windows media player back into place
if [ -d "$internetPluginsPath/$disabledFolderName/$windozeMediaPluginName" ] ; then
if [ ! -d "$internetPluginsPath/$windozeMediaPluginName" ] ; then
/bin/mv -f "$internetPluginsPath/$disabledFolderName/$windozeMediaPluginName" "$internetPluginsPath/"
fi
fi
# remove the disabled plug-ins folder if it is empty
/bin/rm "$internetPluginsPath/$disabledFolderName/.DS_Store"
/bin/rmdir "$internetPluginsPath/$disabledFolderName"
# old prefpane
/bin/rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/WmvPlayer.prefPane/
# new prefpane
/bin/rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/Flip4Mac\ WMV.prefPane/
# Package receipts
/bin/rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Flip4Mac\ Web\ Plugins.pkg/
/bin/rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Flip4Mac\ QuickTime\ Components.pkg/
/bin/rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Player\ Installer.pkg/
# Change mms URLs back to windows media player
/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSHandlers -array-add '<dict><key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key><string>com.microsoft.mediaplayer</string><ke y>LSHandlerURLScheme</key><string>mms</string></dict>'
# single package installer
/bin/rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Flip4Mac\ Uninstaller.pkg/
# Final clean up: remove the uninstaller and app folder
/bin/rm -rf "$appFolderPath"/Flip4Mac\ Uninstaller.pkg/
/bin/rm -rf "$appFolderPath"/Flip4Mac\ WMV\ Uninstaller.pkg/
/bin/rm "$appFolderPath/.DS_Store"
/bin/rmdir "$appFolderPath"
exit 0;

Acrobat 7 requires admin password at every launch for non admin users?

acrobat 7 requires admin password at every launch for non admin users?
any one with a solution or similar problem?
thanks for any help.

I've been avidly following all of the threads regarding this issue...yet none of the solutions have worked for me. I've got 11 Mac users that do not use the Creative Suite..only Acrobat, Quark, etc. I've tried installing and re-installing through both Admin and User accounts, I've tried the AdobeBib XML change, I've tried enabling Root and installing, changing permission on the Acrobat folder, etc. all to no avail. I still get asked for Admin Authentication every time Acrobat and Distiller are opened (except on the Admin account side). This is happening on one particular Mac (G4, 1GB Ram, OS 10.4.3) for both Acrobat Standard 6 and 7 as well. The biggest issue that also happens in tandem with the Acrobat installs is the inability to print from Quark. I get the following error when printing: "The process "pictwpstops" terminated unexpectedly on signal 6." Because of the necessity to print Quark documents, I have uninstalled all Acrobat on the machines until we can get a fix. This resolves the printing problem with Quark. The only option left is to set up all users as Admin accounts - which I really do not want to do. Any other suggestions out there? I've got more information available if needed.

What is the default admin user account login id and password in Windows 8?

Hi all,
The current admin acccount in Windows 8 system are changed to Standard and no other Admin account is available in the system.
What is the default admin user account login id and password in Windows 8?
Or
Is there way to change the User role for the account?
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I am able to login as a Normal user, can not login as administrator.Hence can not install any software or change my user settings or create a new user.
What is the default admin password. How can i reset it form my user account
C:\Users\Amit>net user Administrator
User name                    Administrator
Full Name
Comment                      Built-in account for administering the computer/domain
User's comment
Country/region code          000 (System Default)
Account active               No
Account expires              Never
Password last set            7/26/2012 12:57:03 PM
Password expires             Never
Password changeable          7/26/2012 12:57:03 PM
Password required            Yes
User may change password     Yes
Workstations allowed         All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon                   9/16/2013 1:16:30 PM
Logon hours allowed          All
Local Group Memberships      *Administrators
Global Group memberships     *None
The command completed successfully.

There is a non-root user account

I got the warning "there is a non-root user account with the UID 0 in your system" on installing some software and on running in the terminal... dscl . -list /Users UniqueID , there are indeed 2 users with UID 0, root and me who is admin too. Also cannot log in to keychain - related?

does this help?
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Non-admin users and Time Machine

We have a 1-1 laptop program with 7th and 8th grade students. The students are not admins of their own laptops.
This year we gave each student an external hard drive and had them use Time Machine to back-up their accounts. The problem was when a student needed to restore from Time Machine, we needed to enter the administrator's password.
We'll be switching to Lion over the summer, and by default, a non-admin user cannot even turn on Time Machine without an adminsitrator's password, which makes Time Machine useless. I don't want to have our students go back to manually dragging and dropping all of their school data (and movies and music) to back it all up (what a messy process).
Is there any way around the need for an admin password to use Time Machine?

Time Machine (the application) is already allowed. That's not the problem.
In order to set-up Time Machine the first time, users have to open the Time Machine Preference, and that is locked. When a user tries to unlock it, they need to enter an administrator's password, but our students are only standar users.
We don't want to have to enter that password for 250 machines each time students need to access that preference.
In addition, an administrator's password is needed to restore anything from a Time Machine drive, and we'd like a way around that too.

Admin User Account is Corrupted

Is there a way to fix a corrupted admin user in FCSvr? I know this is a vague question but I have no way of finding out what caused the corruption.
My main admin user account no longer sees all of the assets within FCSvr when I search in the asset browser. I could just create a new user but if there is a way to correct this is would be helpful as I have many users on my system and fixing and existing users would be better than creating new ones.

After a little further investigation this is what I've found:
When searching for assets within FCSvr there are 2 users (of 10 or so) seem to get different when using the same search words. I've made sure the "sort by" category is set to "none" when searching so in theory everyone should get the same search results. Two don't.
I checked the StoreD Logs per dredcomm's suggestion and this is what I've found:
KrTrace log pmtranscoder27012.log for pid=27012 started at EST 2011/02/11 11:04:20.610526
11:04:20.600484 0xa072e540 WARNING doGetMetadata PmQuickTimeProcess.M:663 [PxMedia] Value type of (0) is currently not handled, skipping...
11:04:20.610598 0xa072e540 WARNING doGetMetadata PmQuickTimeProcess.M:663 [PxMedia] Value type of (0) is currently not handled, skipping...
Does anyone know how to interpret these logs?
Thanks again dredcomm!
B

Multi-user system, non-admin-users get "error 46" when downloading quicktim

Thanks in advance if you have some idea about where the root cause is.
Error message:
"Error 46: Could not load or find the QuickTime ActiveX control."
Context:
- WinXP SP2 fully patched (as of 06/20/2006)
- Multiple users: 1-Admin, all others a member of the Users group
- Simple File Sharing is enabled (this problem does not change when this option is disabled)
- iTunes 4.9.x and QuickTime 7.1 installed
- Programs have been uninstalled and reinstalled several times, with no change
Symptoms:
- All system users can view quicktime movies when they are embedded in web pages.
- Administrator can launch quicktime and view *.mov files, all others get Error 46 (see above) when attempting to launch quicktime or double-clicking on .mov files
- File association properties (under Contorl Panel | Folder Options | File Types) shows .mov opens with QuickTime Player (deselecting this displays WMP as the application)
- Users Browsing to a directory where .mov files are located, displays the WMP icon instead of quicktime (as under folder options)
This all used to work. It appears that this became broken in the last month or two, after either patching XP, or installing QuickTime 7.1 to gain H.264 codec functionality.
Is there a guaranteed way to force system wide file assoc that is reliable?
Is there a tool that parses the registry and displays what activeX controls are in use for a particular system operation?
Thank you!
Windows XP Pro
Windows XP Pro

Fixed this using http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Regmon.html and regedit.exe.
On my system, found that non-admin users were being denied access to these registry keys:
HKEYCLASSESROOT\QTOControl.QTControl
HKEYCLASSESROOT\QTOControl.QTControl.1
fix (both): add group users: read
That's because the non-admin accounts are members of the "users" group on my system. You may need to adjust this to match what is on your system.
Regedit can modify these permissions (but don't do it unless you are confident you can recover if you cause a problem). An easy fix, once the problem is identified. Some of you have already figured this out already.
Use regmon to get comfortable with how it works, make sure you grok the filtering, it's your friend.
Modifying the registry at your own risk. Remember to use a registry backup utility! I used http://www.fixregistry.com/download.htm "Registry Healer"
All non-admin users are operational at this time. I did not have to update iTunes and H.264 content works!
So it looks like this is a bug in the QuickTime 7.1 installer? Anyone have any insight about why this is happening with some regularity (at least according to the message board posts I'm seeing this month...)
Maybe the info is some help,
gwG
Windows XP Pro

Allow Non-Admin Users Update Software Installed In Their Computers

Hello All;
At our location, we have several users who are not always in the office. In some instances, the imac or macbook pro ask for several updates such as Office 2011, and Adobe CS 5 and 6. And, the second issue, these users are not part of the administrator group or ever will be the administrator of their computers.
Is it possible to adjust the authorization file to allow non-admin users to run these sort of updates?
or
Is there a product on the market that can push updates to all these different programs?
Thanks Kindly

Is there a product on the market that can push updates to all these different programs?
Apple Remote Desktop, for one.

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