tekmann33

I am a Systems technician for a small company and I am somewhat of a Newbie when it comes to Microsoft networks (My experience is in Linux) so let me apologize in advance for any silly questions or if this question was not posted to the right forum. This organization has about 40 XP pro service pack 2 clients and a Windows 2003 domain controller that manages them. I have been asked to implement Microsoft's Daylight Savings patch, tzmove.exe to all clients that use Outlook calendar appointments. We do not have an Exchange Server but use our Web Server as a POP3. As a Domain Administrator, I can run this executable (tzmove.exe) on my personal machine without a problem. It will update my appointments in my Outlook calendar by adjusting the time accordingly without a hitch. I save this executable on a shared folder that is accessible to all users on the network so they can run it. However, when an ordinary user executes it, the executable stops and says "The installation of the package failed." I tried adjusting the permissions on the executable to all all users to run it, but I still received the same message. All of our users are "Domain Users" while I am a "Domain Admin" for our network. I created a test user for the network and only when I escalated his privledges to a Domain Admin was he able to run the Outlook update executable. Obviously, I do not want to make all users a Domain Administrator just to adjust Outlook calendars. Is there a way to grant temporary "Install priveledges" to the Domain Users just so I can do these updates? The Senor Systems Technician is on vacation, and this is not a mission critical issue, but I would like to address it if I could. Any input would be appreciated.

I am a Systems Technician for a Library System that manages a consortia of libraries in the Kane County Illinois area. Even though our main application servers are Unix based, all of our employees within the building are XP clients which are managed by a Win 2003 Server. I am somewhat of a Newbie when it comes to Windows administration. I have more experience on a Linux platform. I do aspire to become a Network administrator, so I am eager to increase my skill sets in both Linux and Windows environments.