CCS v 3.3 on a restricted user account over LAN based PC

Admin privileges req'd to install and Run Code Composer Studio

CCS Installer Installation

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Installation 

Code Composer Studio product needs to be installed using an account with Administrator privileges. If the installation process prompts for a reboot the administrator must log in again prior to first use. This will allow the installation process to update registry settings after the reboot. 


Windows 2000 

The "Users" account under Windows 2000 has read-only access to all parts of the registry (except for HKEY_CURRENT_USER - which, at this time, we don't use). 

During its normal course of operation, Code Composer Studio reads and writes configuration and session information to the registry. It also dynamically registers and un-registers COM components to ensure that the correct version of a CCS plug-in is associated with a specific installation. 

The administrator must modify registry permissions for the areas of registry that are used by Code Composer Studio. The procedure to do this is as follows: 

a) Log in as an administrator. 
b) Choose "Start->Run" from the Windows 2000 Start menu. 
c) Type "regedt32" (not "regedit") to bring up the Registry Editor. 
d) From the "Window" menu, select "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on the Local Machine". 
e) Expand the "SOFTWARE" key. 
f) Locate and select the sub-key "GODSP". 
g) With "GODSP" selected, choose "Security Permissions." from the menu. 
h) In the upper half of the "Permissions for GODSP" window there will be a list of all the users and groups that access the key. 
i) Select the "Users" and "Power Users" group. 
j) In the "Permissions:" box, locate the item "Full Control" and check the corresponding box under "Allow". 
k) Repeat steps "e" through "i" for "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Texas Instruments" and "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" 

The second option is to allow users that will be using the Code Composer Studio product on Windows 2000 access via a "Power User" account.

Windows XP 

With Windows XP the registry and the file-system is read-only. Files created by an Administrator are read-only to "Users". Also with WinXP, the tool "regedt32" had been replaced by "regedit". The procedure to edit the registry permissions is as follows:

a) Log in as an administrator. 
b) Choose "Start->Run" from the Windows XP Start menu. 
c) Type "regedit" to bring up the Registry Editor. 
d) Expand the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GODSP". 
e) Right-Click on the "GODSP" key and choose "Permissions..."
f) From the "Group or user names:" list, select the group or user (if they are not in the list, you may need to add them)
g) In the "Permissions" box, locate the item "Full Control" and check the corresponding box under "Allow". 
h) Repeat steps "d" through "g" for "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Texas Instruments" and "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" 

Next, once CCStudio is installed, you will also need to edit the permissions of the individual files.

a) Log in as an administrator.
b) Browse to the CCStudio installation folder using Explorer
c) Right-click on the installation directory (i.e. ) and select "Properties"
d) Select the "Security" tab.
e) From the "Group or user names:" list, select the group or user (if they are not in the list, you may need to add them)
f) In the "Permissions:" box, locate the item "Full Control" and check the corresponding box under "Allow". 


Summary

	To Install CCStudio:	To Run CCStudio:
WinNT	Need Admin privileges	"User" privileges or higher.
Win2K	Need Admin privileges	If "User", need to manually set registry permissions. "Power User" or "Administrator" OK.
WinXP	Need Admin privileges	If "User", need to manually set registry and file permissions. "Administrator" OK.