Installation

Q - During installation I was prompted for administrator rights, or I am having difficulty accessing some features in PAT.

Username: admin    Password: autumn

Windows 2000 and Windows XP has several levels of user, of which users, power users and administrators are most common.

Users are not allowed to do much at all (e.g. they cannot even change the time!)

Power Users can do most common tasks.

Administrators can do virtually anything

Under a standard installation of Windows 2000/XP, "Users" only have read access to the Program Files folder and everything beneath it. This means that all the PAT databases will not be changeable if this location is chosen for installation. Also, several registry settings are restricted to "Users" which means that other parts of the software may not operate correctly.

The solution to these problems is to make sure that all users of PAT have at least "Power Users" privileges, which will then give them full access to the Program Files area and to the relevant parts of the registry. Any IT technician could set this up. This would operate independently of any permissions which have been set up in the PAT administration tool.

This is preferable to letting staff run Windows 2000/XP as administrators because this makes the system vulnerable to Trojan horses and other security risks.

You may be able to check which level of user access you have from the Users and Passwords option under the Control Panel in Windows 2000/XP. You can also see the rights of different users by going to C:\Program Files\Pupil Achievement Tracker or C:\Program Files\Interactive Autumn Package, and using the right-mouse button, click the folder and select the security tab. This will list the different types of user, including the one you are logged in as, and you will need all the options ticked, ideally including Full Control.