Yup, that's the way I would do it. Under no circumstances would I leave the component running under an Administrator account.
>
>
I see. You may be an Administrator on your machine but on the Server you may be a user with minimal rights. Therefore, if you try to use your domain account you won't have any access to the data and/or the COM+ Object itself.
>
>I would do what Craig said and create an account specifically for COM+. Since COM+ Object written in VFP are not the easiest to debug I would recommend giving the account full admin rights and quickly reduce the rights to the minimal level needed to run the COM+ Objects.
>
>You need to make sure that the account created has access to all data and directories that the COM+ Object needs.
>
>Craig: if you're out there and listening you may want to jump and cover anything I might have missed.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer