unattended install won't run because of no administrative permissions

[Candidog]

Recently Windows Update installed Windows Desktop Search (WDS) on all my networks workstations. I created a batch file that silently uninstalls this application (Which Microsoft throws upon us). My intention was when a user logons on it will execute the batch file (Silently) and uninstall the application from the user's workstation.

Heres the problem:

None of our domain workstations have any local administrative permissions, nor does the user. So when the batch file runs when the user logon script executes it says. The uninstall says 'Access Denied', blah, blah, blah due to these restrictive permissions.

Now I don't want to give the user or the workstation any administrative permissions. How can I execute the script with full administrative permissions? Just so the uninstall will perform. I really don't feel like walking around to 150 workstation to uninstall this.

BTW if I do give the workstation/user full permission the batch file executes fine.

Greg

 

[linney]

You could look at this utility created by our own Greg Palmer.

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

 

[drew1701d]

Why are you not using a WSUS server to control what windows update throws down at you?
And another possible solution is if you use group policy at all on your domain, use it to deploy the software, then use it again shortly afterwords to uninstall it

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