Somebody has to say it: For security reasons Microsoft strongly advises users not to operate routinely from an Administrator account, nor to "Run as Administrator," unless actually installing new software/drivers or performing other system maintenance that manifestly requires elevated privileges. Nevertheless, Garmin has articulated a policy that all of its software must be run with Administrator privileges! My own observations have always been that BaseCamp runs just fine from a Standard User account (To install new maps, of course, Garmin Express must run as Administrator), but when I recently asked Garmin Tech Support for an unlock code to make my new version of CNNANT accessible there (it's already unlocked for the Administrator account in which it was installed, of course), I was politely told the following:
"Have the customer run BaseCamp as an administrator to see if that fixes it. If so, then he is not using the application as designed. ALL Garmin software, ALL Applications, are designed to be used and run in an Administrator environment. They cannot use a limited account, or the Admin account has some permission issue that is preventing the application from reading the file that Garmin Express installs."
Up until a few years years ago, there were "tricks" to unlock these maps in a Standard User account. For the last couple of years, however, the only solution seems to have been to get an unlock code from Tech Support, which this year they refused to provide. If there is any good reason for this policy, it was not explained to me. My naive impression is that Garmin is just too lazy to make Garmin Express unlock the new map for all users on the machine in question.
I'd be grateful for any explanation of Garmin's security-negligent policy or for any comments from other users who have been frustrated by this problem. Regards to All -- 6430617
