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Spec Editor 2013 needs administrative account?

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Message 1 of 18
mbohn
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Spec Editor 2013 needs administrative account?

When launching Spec Editor we are prompted for a local administrator account.  Is this by design?

Our users do not have local admin rights.

 

Mark

 

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Message 2 of 18
lyowbeen
in reply to: mbohn

Don't you think that creating a spec or catalog is the administrator's work but not the designers'?

Message 3 of 18
mbohn
in reply to: lyowbeen

If the administrator knew the first thing about piping specs, then perhaps you would be correct.  Our piping designers and engineers create our specs.

Message 4 of 18
nwhyatt
in reply to: mbohn

Hi Mark,

 

Where you able to find a resolution to this issue?

 

We are having the same problem and giving the users admin rights to the workstation is not an option.

 

Thanks,

 

Nick

Message 5 of 18
mbohn
in reply to: nwhyatt

I have not found a resolution, only others experiencing the same issue.  This is a deal-breaker for us, we will stay with CADWorx.

 

Message 6 of 18
Rich.O.3d
in reply to: mbohn

have you tried ticking the run as admin box on the compatibilty tab of the properties dialog?

 

when you installed the program are you sure you had admin rights?

 

has your IT dept looked at just giving the program executables admin rights, if they are going to insist on controling to the nth degree then just spam them with tickets to fix the issue...they will soon sort it...ive had this battle with a couple of IT depts,,,flood them with repair/failed access tickets...ive generaly found that they get the idea if you show them that its going to create tons of work for them

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Message 7 of 18
nwhyatt
in reply to: mbohn

"have you tried ticking the run as admin box on the compatibilty tab of the properties dialog?"

 

This still prompts the user for admin username and password.

 

"when you installed the program are you sure you had admin rights?"

 

AutoCAD Plant 3D wont install without admin rights.

 

"has your IT dept looked at just giving the program executables admin rights, if they are going to insist on controling to the nth degree then just spam them with tickets to fix the issue...they will soon sort it...ive had this battle with a couple of IT depts,,,flood them with repair/failed access tickets...ive generaly found that they get the idea if you show them that its going to create tons of work for them"

 

I'm sorry but the point your trying to make here makes no sence. In our situation we are the IT Department and this is an issue that has come through from our Engineers.

 

In our organisation none of our users have admin rights over their PCs. Not even members of the IT Department log into their PCs with admin accounts. Im sure a basic internet search will explain the very good reasons why networks are built this way.

Message 8 of 18
fred.pin
in reply to: mbohn

Hi, just wondering if this was resolved for you?

We are having the same frustrating problem.

Cheers,

Fred

Message 9 of 18
nwhyatt
in reply to: fred.pin

Hi Fred,

 

I wasnt able to resolve this issue.

 

The support from the company we purchased the software through was dismal and I got tired of trying to even explain the issue to the rep.

 

I did manage to find a work around that appears to get the software working. I was unable to find out exactly what the software needs admin rights for.

 

This registry edit adds a "Dont run as administrator" to the windows right click menu.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\forcerunasinvoker]
@="Run without admin rights (UAC)"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\forcerunasinvoker\command]
@="cmd /min /C \"set __COMPAT_LAYER=RUNASINVOKER && start \"\" \"%1\"\""

 

This appears to work and stops the program from asking for admin credentials but I havent been able to determine if it stops any other part of the application from working.

 

I hope this helps,

 

Nick

Message 10 of 18
milan_blom
in reply to: mbohn

We are having the same trouble.

 

I would really appreciate a reaction from Autodesk on this issue. 

 

I assume spec editor doesn't need admin rights for the fun of it.

Message 11 of 18
Lurifax
in reply to: mbohn

Hi,

 

the problem is that the certificate of the Spec editor is not valid.

 

It is stamped

 

Valid from 27.8.2009 to 21.9.2012

 

Message 12 of 18
milan_blom
in reply to: mbohn

Switching off UAC will fix the issue. Specgen will run correctly.

 

The only thing that remains is that you still cannot edit the Shared Content Folder (this function still asks for admin rights)

 

We had this issue submitted to Autodesk by our CAD supplier.

Message 13 of 18
Lurifax
in reply to: milan_blom

Heh,

 

set UAC off, set virus protection off and give everybody administrator rights and everything works 🙂

 

NOT!

 

..but we think Autodesk should fix their certificate

 

No personal offend intended

 

Message 14 of 18
milan_blom
in reply to: Lurifax

Wouldn't that be great... for a while (until everything is infested):smileyhappy:

 

I'm not an ICT guy, but our ICT department didn't make any trouble to switch UAC off. I don't exactly know what risks that may give. As far as I can see, there's nothing i can do more than before.

 

For setting the Shared Content Folder, I agree that giving the user admin rights isn't the solution. That's why we submitted the problem to Autodesk to fix it.

 

Until that time I have to ask an administrator to set it for me for every user.

Message 15 of 18

Please note that this was adjusted with the Plant 3D 2013 Data Integrity Hotfix. Link below. Please check the readme.doc.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=21194788&linkID=14116968



Martin Stewart
AEC Support Specialist
Message 16 of 18

need this fix in plant 3d 2014 and 2015 plz

Message 17 of 18
ho.dadgar
in reply to: jerome.chaulieu

Typically you can close your programs and then right click and run as Administrator.

First your PLANTMODIFYSHAREDCONTENTFOLDER needs to be pointing in the right direction (default = c:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 20xx Content). You need to start your Plant 3D as administrator to run this command. After that you can update your spec in the spec editor by pointing the right content pack (disable the old location first by renaming the folder c:\AutoCAD Plant 3D 2015 Content...so the spec's can not find them anymore).

After this you should be able to work with your spec's pointing at the right content.




Message 18 of 18
mfiglarz
in reply to: mbohn

Hello,

 

I like to bump this post and see if anyone has a solution for running spec editor 2019 without Admin rights?

Seems like this is still an issue and there is really no solution. 

 

Cheers,

Martin

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