Re: installing RDi

You're right - the installation manager process of RDi 9.6 was prone to security issues.

But RDi 9.8 runs best, when installed in the user realm of the user, who wants to use it later. Simply unpack the ZIP file somewhere in the users home directory (even on the desktop is possible). Then run it from there.

Every update and plugin installation runs from inside RDi with simple user credentials - no admin rights necessary.

If you like to read through me tips & tricks you can find them here: https://qpgmr.de/rdi98-tips-tricks

I hope you find it useful.

From my experience the only reasons, you might get errors during online update are:
- not turning of "Contact all update sites"
- badly configured company firewall
- slow internet connection

The last two can be circumvented if you use the downloaded fix pack ZIP files as sources. And you should almost always turn of "Contact all update sites" when doing updates or plugin installations.

HTH
Daniel



Von meinem iPhone gesendet

Am 11.12.2024 um 06:56 schrieb x y <xy6581@xxxxxxxxx>:

I mention the admin profile only because I've been tripped up by security
issues (posting hard errors) on previous versions on RDi and/or iSphere
when installing from my user-level program products repository.

If the new(er) and awesomely simple RDi installation process eliminates
security issues, I'm glad to know it.

On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 2:25 PM Hiebert, Chris via WDSCI-L <
wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The only reason that RDI 9.8 would every need administrator rights or
privileges is if you attempted to unzip the archive in an admin protected
location on your hard drive, like “Program Files”.

Which would probably be considered a poor choice my many.

There is no other reason use an “Administrator” profile or use “run as
admin” with RDI 9.8.

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I'd do it using an administrator profile.


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