Run As command 1

[Stryder0]

How do you set up a program to use the Run As command for a User account so that the Admin does not need to keep putting in a password or do the Shift, right click, Run As each time?

 

[jrbarnett]

Create a shortcut that uses the RUNAS command to execute the program. For more information, open a command prompt and type
RUNAS /?

If the admin didn't need to put in a password to verify the security, then there would be no point having non administrator level accounts because anybody could run the system admin tools, for example.

John

 

[Stryder0]

Ok. Let me ask the question this way. I have to install a game as an administrator. I have a user account for my son who wants to play the game. However, he can't play the game logged in as himself because the game requires administrator rights to run. Is there a way to automate the game (or shortcut) where I can enter my admin credentials once, while logged in under his user account so that in the future, he can log in and run the game whenever he wants and I don't need to do the Shift + Right click, Run As each time?

 

[needcoffee]

First off no game should require admin rights to run. Windows security by default will make you enter your credentials every time you use Run As. To get around this problem you will need to change file permissions and registry key permissions (not values). Do not change registry permissions without a backup and some guidance from someone who has done it before. [/color red]

http://www.sysinternals.com

has two tools that can help you, Filemon and Regmon. These programs can help you see what the program installs and what is needed at during runtime. Read the instructions before using or you'll get a mess of data that will be hard to sift through.

needcoffee

 

[SofaBuddy]

needcoffee,

Stryder0 is correct. I'm having the exact same problem with my son's Blue's Clues game ("Blue's Treasure Hunt").

I tried to fins a way to set permissions for my son's user account to be able to write to the games .ini file, which is located in the C:\windows directory. My son's account does not have permission to write to this directory, so the game fails to load.

I then tried to figure out if there was a registry entry that told the game where to look for the .ini file, but could not find it.

So I'm also looking for a solution to allow my son's account to run this game without having to do the "Run as..." trick each time.

If anyone can help, I'd be much obliged.

Thanks in Advance,

sb

 

[smah]

Use fellow TT member gpalmer's Runasuser utility:

http://www.palmersoft.co.uk/main.asp?content=runasuser

 

[dogz4364]

I work in a network enviroment which holds about 1500 seats. We are running a WinXP platform and Office 2003 suite. A few of the users here are stating that when they send an email out to a outside source, in the sent items, the To: category is blank. Any Ideals

 

[SofaBuddy]

smah,

I haven't tried the file yet, but thanks in advance.

You get a star!

sb

 

[dput]

dogz4364,

I would post your question on it's own. I am not sure it is related to this topic.

Dan