Easyshare won't work for non-Admin

Hey folks:

For some reason that probably involves marketing statistics and
limited development resources the EasyShare software that supports my
brand-spanking-new Z885 camera doesn't want to talk to anyone who
isn't a machine administrator.

I cannot give users admin rights, even if I wanted to, which I don't.

But I can't be 'in the loop' every time a user needs to download a
picture off of their camera.

I see by scanning this group, that this has been an issue for a while.

I would bypass the EasyShare software alltogether, but I can't.
Unlike _every_ other USB-based-camera I've ever owned, even previous
Kodak cameras, this camera does NOT show up as a 'drive' in explorer.
I would be THRILLED to be able to simply use explorer to transfer my
files into the right folders.

For some reason, Kodak has changed the way that the OS 'picks up' this
new usb device in such a way that ONLY ADMINISTRATORS can 'see' the
device at all, and then only through the EasyShare software.

Has anyone come up with a workaround for this? I'm more than willing
to edit the registry, copy keys from hklm to hkcu or whatever is
needed to make this fly. (I can always just re-image the system if
things get fouled up!)

But what I CAN'T do is make the user an administrator, nor share the
adminsitrator password with the user (not that that would do much good
for long, as it changes regularly - as it should!)

Are Kodak cameras simply not compliant with the Win2K Security Model?

I simply can't belive that MOST people, even with consumer-home
computers, run as 'admin' all the time. Is Joe Consumer really
foolish enough to surf the web as admin?

Anyway, if anyone has a work-around for this, I'd greatly appreciate
it. Otherwise I'll be returning these Kodak cameras, and buying
something that the USERS can use at all!

jk

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:38:25 +0000, james_keegan wrote:

> Hey folks:
>
> For some reason that probably involves marketing statistics and
> limited development resources the EasyShare software that supports my
> brand-spanking-new Z885 camera doesn't want to talk to anyone who
> isn't a machine administrator.
>
> I cannot give users admin rights, even if I wanted to, which I don't.
>
> But I can't be 'in the loop' every time a user needs to download a
> picture off of their camera.
>
> I see by scanning this group, that this has been an issue for a while.
>
> I would bypass the EasyShare software alltogether, but I can't.
> Unlike _every_ other USB-based-camera I've ever owned, even previous
> Kodak cameras, this camera does NOT show up as a 'drive' in explorer.
> I would be THRILLED to be able to simply use explorer to transfer my
> files into the right folders.
>
> For some reason, Kodak has changed the way that the OS 'picks up' this
> new usb device in such a way that ONLY ADMINISTRATORS can 'see' the
> device at all, and then only through the EasyShare software.
>
> Has anyone come up with a workaround for this? I'm more than willing
> to edit the registry, copy keys from hklm to hkcu or whatever is
> needed to make this fly. (I can always just re-image the system if
> things get fouled up!)
>
> But what I CAN'T do is make the user an administrator, nor share the
> adminsitrator password with the user (not that that would do much good
> for long, as it changes regularly - as it should!)
>
> Are Kodak cameras simply not compliant with the Win2K Security Model?
>
> I simply can't belive that MOST people, even with consumer-home
> computers, run as 'admin' all the time. Is Joe Consumer really
> foolish enough to surf the web as admin?

He probably is, but it certainly is not a good security practice. I have
no difficulty at all accessing the printer dock or camera directly from
Linux.


>
> Anyway, if anyone has a work-around for this, I'd greatly appreciate
> it. Otherwise I'll be returning these Kodak cameras, and buying
> something that the USERS can use at all!
>
> jk