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As opposed to a "privileged", a "root" or an "admin" account, a limited account cannot access some potentially destructive features of a given system, such as installing/removing software (or plugins), or changing system-wide configurations.

In the context of operating system users:

A limited account has basic permissions on a computer, which allows to do basic things for day-to-day use, such as sending emails, writing documents, and browsing the internet. [1]

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COM addin for MS Office doesn't load in a limited user account

I've created a toolbar for Word. It's a COM addin and is written in C++. It works when Word is started by an Administrator account in XP. But when Word is started from a limited account it's not even loaded. I placed this code in…
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Limited linux-user for Nginx configs

I want to give access for support team to add/modify Nginx-configs and apply changes in our web-server (Oracle Linux 6 64bit). There are not problems to give restricted file-access to nginx conf directory only. But how to give permissions to…
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Any way to generate documentation of a website project in a restricted environment?

Following the title, I have am unable to execute cmdlets, exe, shellscripts, vb. All that I am able open is git bash, but again, I have no admin rights. Are there any ways of accomplishing this? 1 idea i had was to create a local website that does…
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Making GCC 5.1.0 work with CUDA 7.5 as non-root user

I've done the rounds through Google unsuccessfully. My question is a bit unique - I have a big chunk of code that has a lot of C++11 dependencies, which runs just fine when I compile with GCC 5.1.0 but throws a big bunch of errors on GCC 4.8.3, the…
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iOS App for targeted audience who are non-employees

Target Audience: An application which is targeted at a specific audience who are not working as employees in a common company or the company publishing the app, but are freelancing end users. The application is not meant for public use; the target…
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my simple user account has no permit to restore previous session or closed tabs on Firefox

I would like to use limited account funcionality like to restore what I have closed but I think there is something wrong with it: I just can find the ordinary cronology where I can remember to solve the matter. I am using firefox 12 on windows…
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Execute C# Application as an Administrator in Limited User Account

I developed an application which updates itself like below I will send the Signal to the Client Listener from Admin PC to update Client Application Listener will Stop the Client Application and then Delete the Client Application. Listener will copy…
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