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4.176. How do I run EstiMate in limited user mode?
We are installing EstiMate on our new computers, and are having trouble running it. It appears that the program requires administrator rights to run, we are not able to give our users administrator rights and I was wondering if there is a new version of estimate that addresses this, or if there is a work around?
Officially, EstiMate 1.x only supports usage with full administrator rights because the program has to write registry values on startup so if the user does not have registry permissions there will be errors starting and running the program.
That said you may be able to right click on the EstiMate icon in limited user mode and use the Run As command to enter the admin password and run EstiMate. You can also search the internet for a program called "Sanur" which proports to be a Run As automation utility that the developer claims will auto log on a user.
We are not affiliated with Sanur and have not tested it so if you choose to pursue it then you do so at your own risk.
Again, officially, EstiMate 1.x only supports usage with full administrator rights.
Mark, I've got to hand it to you. I downloaded your demo off the web and within 1 hour had it installed, configured and pumped out 3 estimates. I then spent another hour and a half calculating prices for the same signs the "old way" just to find myself within 5% of ESTIMATE's price. One of the quotes I faxed to a customer from my PC while she was still on the phone. She was so pleased with the quick service that she signed the estimate and faxed it right back. The best one though, was a quote that I had figured both manually and with ESTIMATE. Estimate's price came up 35% higher than mine (I underestimated my labor). I figured I'd present the printed estimate to the customer with the higher price and see what happened. Much to my surprise, he looked at the estimate and said, "that's about what I figured I'd spend". The price difference was enough to pay for the software! I believe a computer generated price is much more credible to the consumer than a hip-shot quote. Thanks for giving us a tool to make that easy to do!
-- Pete Kouchis, Say it with SIGNS, Inc., Orland Park, IL- EstiMate is perfect for:
- Sign estimating
- Vehicle wraps pricing
- Flatbed digital print pricing
- Wide format print pricing
- Thermal digital print pricing
- Vinyl sign pricing
- Screen print pricing
- Sandblasted sign pricing
- RTA graphics pricing
- Window graphics pricing
- Embroidery pricing
- Screen printed garment pricing
- Dimensional item pricing
- Labor item pricing
- Retail item pricing
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