Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Avantos Performance Systems, Inc.

Marc D Stiegler

Mark S Miller

Group access authorities for a restricted user account group in a directory system are selected to include directory traverse authority. A restricted user account is included in the restricted user account group such that the restricted user account inherits group access authorities. The directory system is configured to allow directory traversing without performing directory traverse checking. An application is confined to run within the restricted user account so that access authorities of the application include group access authorities.

Selecting access authorities

An original identifier of an application in a computer system is changed to a new identifier. An attempt is made, using the original identifier, to run the application. In response to the attempt, the application is then launched in a restricted user account on the computer system using the new identifier.

Launching an application in a restricted user account

A computer system and method operate on a number of user interfaces to provide a graphical decision making tool that allows a user to graphically define and manipulate objects representing options, criteria, and ratings, to analyze and produce a decision. The user interfaces include an option rating window for each criterion for categorically rating the options with respect to the criterion. The option rating window includes a number of columnar category areas representing various categories for graphically evaluating the options, and a number of special rating areas for ascribing particular non-linear evaluations. The category areas are mapped to numeric rating scales so that the graphical position of a rating (associated with both an option and a criterion) produces a numeric rating for the option. The user interfaces further include a criteria weighting window for graphically establishing a criteria weight for each criterion. The user interfaces further include a decision table window that displays a matrix defined by the options and criteria and that displays the qualitative evaluations and summary ratings for each option, where the summary ratings of an option are based on the numeric ratings for the option.

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Kingman, AZ, United States of America

Marc D Stiegler