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[Olaf van der Spek <olafvdspek@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Garrett Serack <garretts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not aware of a way to have user installs of WinSXS libraries. By definition, they are system level.
>
> However, we could just require the installer client to be installed and setup as admin, and have it run its service at a higher level, so shared libraries can be installed (which aren't end-user installed anyway), which would allow lower-rights installs of applications themselves.

Sounds like a potential securty hole.

Olaf