NS8.1 no required permissions to perform action?

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Antony
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06 Feb, 2006 6:48 am NS8.1 no required permissions to perform action? [sdp=70007]  

Does anyone know what caused the “You don't have the required permissions to perform this action” problem?

And any solutions?

This problem has been reported in http://moz.sillydog.org/archives/netscape_81.php

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Fulvio
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06 Feb, 2006 10:04 am [sdp=70010]  

Antony,
I never had the problem, but from the link, I see reports of possible association with the Anti Spyware. That "feature" is awful. I had to uninstall NS8.1, once, to make it work at all, and, after I did full scans, it came up with "problems" which were not seen by any other anti spyware.
It is possible that the NS8.1 is better than all the others, but the simple fact that it throws some names with no description, and location is very poor. I left a Feedback, saying that they should work on the antiSpyware, or make it an optional installation. Since I have not seen problems if I don't use AS, don't use it. NS8.1 is usable, if you ignore AS.
I have the Microsoft AS beta, Adware, Spybot S & D and Spyware Blaster. All of them are very informative, and have done well.

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macallan1824
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07 Feb, 2006 5:26 am Re: NS8.1 no required permissions to perform action? [sdp=70046]  

Antony wrote:
Does anyone know what caused the “You don't have the required permissions to perform this action” problem?
And any solutions?

This is probably related to the Antispyware included in 8.1. Judging from the Install Log, NS8.1 seems to comes bundled with Computer Associates PestPatrol:-

Here's a snip from the bottom of my 8.1 Install Log file

Enabling PestPatrol Engine.
Installing Pestpatrol.
Execute: "C:\Program Files\Netscape\Netscape Browser 8.1\Spywatch\spywatchinstaller.exe" -i
PestPatrol installed successfully.

You also probably have a c:\program files\common files\pestpatrol folder.

Note: This is still a chargable product, and its inclusion in 8.1 seems to be the first instance of it being available at no charge - this is probably why the interface in 8.1 is so minimal.....

The problem seems to be that according to the PestPatrol tech docs, you need certain system access rights to run it - unfortunately these 'requirements' are not included in the Release Notes for 8.1...... This 'problem' has been passed along to NS......

Note sure if this will fix the error, but this doc on the PestPatrol Support site lists the necessary permission by OS - I could only get their site working in IE mode.
I've copied over the useful bit:-
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To run eTrust PestPatrol with full functionality, you must have the following read/write permissions:

* Write permission to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT hierarchy in your computer's registry
* Create or write permission to the directory where you installed eTrust PestPatrol directory (typically C:\Program Files\CA\eTrust PestPatrol)
* Create or write permission to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users

Note: Without these permissions you cannot create log entries or quarantine pests.

Required Permissions per Operating System

Windows XP

Computer Administrator

Windows 2000

Administrator, Power User or Restricted User

Windows NT

Administrator, Power User or Restricted User

Windows ME

No restrictions

Window 98SE

No restrictions

Windows 98

No restriction

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20060111 Netscape/8.1
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Antony
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07 Feb, 2006 7:54 pm [sdp=70077]  

Thanks macallan1824 for the information.

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