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title: "The Regulator sucks for Non-Admins"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/12/2/the-regulator-sucks-for-non-admins.md"
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published: "2004-12-02T22:11:00"
updated: "2004-12-02T22:11:00"
tags: [".Net Original"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Don is right . The Regulator will mostly be unusable to you if you work as a non-admin. Here's what I wrote as a comment to his post: This issue is something I've been looking into for quite a while but, most sincerely,…"
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# The Regulator sucks for Non-Admins

By Roy Osherove December 2, 2004 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

**Historical article** · Originally published December 2, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

[Don is right](http://sqljunkies.com/WebLog/donkiely/archive/2004/11/16/5164.aspx?Pending=true).

[The Regulator](http://regulator.sourceforge.net/) will mostly be unusable to you if you work as a non-admin.

Here's what I wrote as a comment to his post:

_This issue is something I've been looking into for quite a while but, most sincerely, I've never been too motivated to switch over to. Perhaps it's time I take a long hard look at the issue and try and make my way towards that goal._

Perhaps it is. How many of you work as non-admin?

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