System clock and current user info

MoRon · 13th January 2005, 15:56

Hello,
I'm a newbie to the forum and NSIS program. I'm trying to use NSIS for work issues. I was wondering if it is possible to check or verify that the current user isn't logged in as an administrator before an install is ran. If the person is logged in as admin. to abort installation. Also, is it possible to hide the clock in the taskbar using NSIS? I tried creating a Reg key "HideClock", but I can't get it to work. I search all over the internet and checked through the examples, and I'm not having any luck with either! Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

kichik · 13th January 2005, 19:11

Use the UserInfo plug-in to get the user's account type. There's an example in Contrib\UserInfo\UserInfo.nsi. As for the registry key, did you make sure it's created?

MoRon · 13th January 2005, 19:59

Thanks for the info kichik! I never looked in the Contrib folder. This will work out great! And yes the registry key is created and the value doesn't change after restart, but the clock remains in the taskbar. The reg. that I used was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer "HideClock" dword 0x00000001.

13th January 2005, 15:56	#1
MoRon Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2	System clock and current user info Hello, I'm a newbie to the forum and NSIS program. I'm trying to use NSIS for work issues. I was wondering if it is possible to check or verify that the current user isn't logged in as an administrator before an install is ran. If the person is logged in as admin. to abort installation. Also, is it possible to hide the clock in the taskbar using NSIS? I tried creating a Reg key "HideClock", but I can't get it to work. I search all over the internet and checked through the examples, and I'm not having any luck with either! Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

13th January 2005, 19:11	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Use the UserInfo plug-in to get the user's account type. There's an example in Contrib\UserInfo\UserInfo.nsi. As for the registry key, did you make sure it's created? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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13th January 2005, 19:59	#3
MoRon Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2	Thanks for the info kichik! I never looked in the Contrib folder. This will work out great! And yes the registry key is created and the value doesn't change after restart, but the clock remains in the taskbar. The reg. that I used was HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer "HideClock" dword 0x00000001.