What determines TEST PANELS to show or not...

[Nambabwe]

On any fresh install of NI-DAQ, the System Administrator and the first user logged in afterwards can use the Test Panels... button in the "Measurement & Automation Explorer" as well as run the Standalone programs made by Application Builder (LabView 7.1)...all other users can not use the Test Panels... or run the Built-vi's that shows up with plenty of error code 21, "an external subroutine required for execution could not be found", and it seems to be vi's that are called by the vi's we use, like one step away. I have set the permissions to all the related files to FULL as well as hacked the registry's HKeyLocalMachine->Software->NI... as well as the CurrentControlSet->...->DAQCARD... all to full control.

Since the Administrator and the frist user can run the programs it is definitely not a case of missing software, but just permission rights. Please help to get the other users productive as well!

[JoeSavage]

Hi Nambabwe, if the test panels button is greyed out for a device, that means that MAX was unable to load the nidaq32.dll driver. I am interested in figuring out this problem, because it seems to be a commonly reported problem, yet I cannot reproduce it myself. Here are a few questions for you:

* Which version of NI-DAQ are you using?
* If this version is equal to or greater than 7.0, do you have both Traditional NI-DAQ and NI-DAQmx installed, or just Traditional NI-DAQ?
* Regarding the non-administrative users who are running into this problem: are they restricted users, power users, or guest users?

Here's one possible solution off the top of my head:
The "CurrentFile" value of the registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\National Instruments\NI-DAQ\CurrentVersion\Configuration Manager" indicates the location of the current DAQ configuration file. Ensure that your normal users have at least read access to this file (and this registry key too, but it sounds like you've already done this).

Please check back with the answers to these questions, and I will help to come up with a solution to this problem.

Joe