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Programs Requiring Non-Standard Rights

A real pet-peeve of mine is Windows applications which require non-standard
access rights to run.

I look after a few sites/servers/machines for different companies, and every
time they get a specific piece of software I have to faff around with
permissions. This is a pain as you have to remember what's set where should
the software ever move home/machine needs rebuild etc.

It's also a security risk.

However the support lines of these companies advise "Just make them local
administrators" to fix the problem, or "give them write access to
windows\system32". When software doesn't work IMMEDIATELY, it's the IT guy
that comes off looking a pleb :-(

I *know* Microsoft released guidelines for this stuff getting on for 10
years ago pre-Windows 2K, but I can't find any documentation online. Does
anyone have an official Microsoft link so I can prove to these companies
(and who pays my bills) it's not OUR problem, it's the hap-hazard way their
software is written?

Even companies like Sage still advise changing users to Admins to get their
software working properly :-(

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