Lacking features for network users

[Jpmoff]

Hi I have a domain setup running windows 2000 with almost everyone with a
regular domain user account not being able to use clipart. We are using
Publisher 2002 w/ Clip Organizer on Window XP machines. The normal users (aka
by default restricted users) can open up and run the clip organizer with a
few bugs here and there. But the problem is when they try to insert a
particular clip into a publisher document, it is empty. You can right click
and activate it which opens up a window with the clip art revealed, but you
can't get any type of work around and it holds true for all clip art pictures
you try to add. So far the only solution i have found is to add all the users
of the domain to be power users on the machines. I would like to avoid this
and find some work around either through the registry or some other route.
Sorry about the long post but it should accurately describe my problem. If
you like please email me.

Thanks,

Josh
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Hi I have a domain setup running windows 2000 with almost everyone
with a regular domain user account not being able to use clipart. We
are using Publisher 2002 w/ Clip Organizer on Window XP machines. The
normal users (aka by default restricted users) can open up and run
the clip organizer with a few bugs here and there. But the problem is
when they try to insert a particular clip into a publisher document,
it is empty. You can right click and activate it which opens up a
window with the clip art revealed, but you can't get any type of work
around and it holds true for all clip art pictures you try to add. So
far the only solution i have found is to add all the users of the
domain to be power users on the machines. I would like to avoid this
and find some work around either through the registry or some other
route. Sorry about the long post but it should accurately describe my
problem. If you like please email me.

Thanks,

Josh
(e-mail address removed)

Sorry, but no. Publisher isn't designed for networks. You must (as I
understand it, though some smartarsed kid will doubtless be along in a
minute to tell me I'm talking bollocks again! ;o) <eg>) either install it
locally or, as you have discovered, make users power users.

 

[Ed Bennett]

While waiting for decisions from his 6 university choices, Ed sees a

Sorry, but no. Publisher isn't designed for networks. You must (as I
understand it, though some smartarsed kid will doubtless be along in a
minute to tell me I'm talking bollocks again! ;o) <eg>) either
install it locally or, as you have discovered, make users power users.

I don't see any reason why Publisher *should* behave any differently if
installed from a network like this - Publisher isn't that friendly towards
restricted user permissions when installed locally.
However, Publisher can be very unpredictable on networks, so pretty much
anything goes

You might check View > Pictures, just in case.

Failing that, you might check what permissions you can selectively grant
users to get this to work. Start off with new group that is a copy of the
Power Users group, and then remove permissions one-by-one until the problem
shows itself. Then reinstate that permission, and try removing other
permissions.
If there's only one permission that needs to be kept, this will be a far
better solution than promoting everyone to Power Users. Especially if it's
something like write access to the hard drive - that can be narrowed down
even further, as it might just be read/write access to one folder that is
needed.

 

[Mary Sauer]

This article maybe helpful
Clip2002: How to Share a Collection on a Network
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300859