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Why does TaxCut require user to be Administrator? patman2 12-10-2007
Posted by patman2 on December 10, 2007, 6:54 pm
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 Just bought the 2007 Taxcut Premium program. Does anyone know if
there is a valid reason requiring that a user have Administrator
privileges to use Taxcut? I can get it (maybe) for installation, but
just for using the program? I had an online "chat" with someone at
H&R Block and all I got was "gee, whiz, don't know why it's required
but it is". This is contrary to good software development & security
practices, as far as I'm concerned.

Also, the installation process installed Macromedia without any
warning, overlaying what was already installed and highly customized.
Had to uninstall Taxcut (not a clean process) and do a complete
restore from backup to get my XP Pro system back to its pre-Taxcut
health.

This type of nonsense is why I dumped TurboTax a few years ago...


Posted by MyVeryOwnSelf on January 16, 2008, 11:11 pm
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> Just bought the 2007 Taxcut Premium program. Does anyone know if
> there is a valid reason requiring that a user have Administrator
> privileges to use Taxcut? I can get it (maybe) for installation, but
> just for using the program? I had an online "chat" with someone at
> H&R Block and all I got was "gee, whiz, don't know why it's required
> but it is". This is contrary to good software development & security
> practices, as far as I'm concerned.

I had the same experience with TaxACT.

I had several interactions with their tech support. Bottom line:
Administrator privileges are required to run (not just to install).

The limitation isn't documented in the Help, in the read_me, or anyplace on
the company's web site, as far as I can see.

This is all puzzling to me.

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Posted by MyVeryOwnSelf on January 16, 2008, 11:11 pm
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> Just bought the 2007 Taxcut Premium program. Does anyone know if
> there is a valid reason requiring that a user have Administrator
> privileges to use Taxcut?

Does TurboTax require Administrator privileges to run the program?

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Posted by Una on January 17, 2008, 12:26 am
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>Does TurboTax require Administrator privileges to run the program?

In my experience, no.

        Una

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<< that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >>
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Posted by Victor Roberts on January 17, 2008, 8:11 pm
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:11:58 EST, MyVeryOwnSelf

>> Just bought the 2007 Taxcut Premium program. Does anyone know if
>> there is a valid reason requiring that a user have Administrator
>> privileges to use Taxcut?
>
>Does TurboTax require Administrator privileges to run the program?

The place for questions such as these the support section of
www.turbotax.com

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<< that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >>
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<< are at www.asktax.org. >>
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