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autocad usage without administrator privelage

we have a server and 10 users with shared drawing files in the server, all the users is given administrator privelage for the autocad to work in full utility, the users claim that if we dont give the admin prevelage the express tools will not work, but if we give admin rights they wrongly delete files from the server, pls send a solution my registered email address for the exprets exchange is josephpx@gmail.com
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Our system uses a network server for distributing the Autodesk licenses.  The Express files are located in a sub folder (Express) under Program Files\AutoCAD program name\*.* on each users computer hard drive.

We only have user privilege for the server but full access for our files.

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I had fixed a part of the problem by giving admin previlege to the document and settings folder in the local pc, so that all the support files will work for the users, but now the issue pending is the users are now able to delete the files from the server where the drawings files is kept, for example if we give the modify permission to a user he can also delete the files, so now how to get rid of this issue. all the users are able to access the drawing store folder and are working on same files simultaneously, ie. 1st the structural guys will work then other departments will work like electrical etc, pls suggest a solution for this
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I quess in the final analysis it depends on how valuable your data is and how difficult it is to recreate.  The guys in the Storage TA could probably give you a better idea of backup and storage options than I can.

AutoCAD is pretty limited as far as backing up files to: making a copy of the current drawing in memory as requested, or making an automatic copy if certain things happen (time limit, amount of change, etc.).  I would use AutoCAD only as working backup while drafting and your network backups that include the AcadCAD files as your primary backups.

Your back up system sounds good for your size.  We had a very similar system for a larger firm.  But, nowadays, when practically everyone has a computer on their desk - there is much more to backup than just the CAD files.
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Another solution is a storage medium that that rather than deleting the file only adds a delete record into the active snapshot of the FAT and then you can roll back to any snapshot to recover files. Flag the file not to be deleted and roll the snapshots forward to bring it back.  

The snap shotting technology is enterprise ready, but the storage system would eventually fill up since deleting things DOESN'T free up disk space. The company I can remember at the moment who supports this kind of storage is: NetApp, (http://www.netapp.com/) I'm sure you can find others. I would suggest searching for competitors on some of the enterprise computing magazine sites like Network Computing or Network World.