Running 3rd party apps that require admin privs on Vista

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I've read a vague excerpt in a MCTS study guide book and have had a presenter
at a MS event debuting Vista that it is possible for a standard user logged
in with a standard user account to run an application that requires elevated
(admin) priveleges without having the user type in the username and password
of an administrator account. Both, however, were unable to give me any
specifics on how to accomplish this, and my Internet searches aren't kicking
back anything useful. Could someone tell me how this can be configured?
I've noticed the runas administrator checkbox on an exe's properties, but all
it seems to do it prompt for username and password of an admin. I've also
noticed the backward compatibility options, but it seems pretty vague as to
how those settings work.

thanks,

Bill
 
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Bill wrote:
> I've read a vague excerpt in a MCTS study guide book and have had a
> presenter at a MS event debuting Vista that it is possible for a standard
> user logged in with a standard user account to run an application that
> requires elevated (admin) priveleges without having the user type in the
> username and password of an administrator account. Both, however, were
> unable to give me any specifics on how to accomplish this, and my Internet
> searches aren't kicking back anything useful. Could someone tell me how
> this can be configured? I've noticed the runas administrator checkbox on
> an
> exe's properties, but all it seems to do it prompt for username and
> password of an admin. I've also noticed the backward compatibility
> options, but it seems pretty vague as to how those settings work.
>
> thanks,
>
> Bill
 
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" . wrote in message
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>
> Bill wrote:
>> I've read a vague excerpt in a MCTS study guide book and have had a
>> presenter at a MS event debuting Vista that it is possible for a standard
>> user logged in with a standard user account to run an application that
>> requires elevated (admin) priveleges without having the user type in the
>> username and password of an administrator account. Both, however, were
>> unable to give me any specifics on how to accomplish this, and my
>> Internet
>> searches aren't kicking back anything useful. Could someone tell me how
>> this can be configured? I've noticed the runas administrator checkbox on
>> an
>> exe's properties, but all it seems to do it prompt for username and
>> password of an admin. I've also noticed the backward compatibility
>> options, but it seems pretty vague as to how those settings work.


How to disable the User Account Control Prompt for certain application:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946932

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How to Manage Vista Application Compatibility
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=26538

Disable UAC prompt - Elevate without asking
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=27727

FAQ: Why can’t I bypass the UAC prompt?
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28606
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PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> [Forwarded to Vista Security newsgroup via crosspost.]
>
> Bill wrote:
>> I've read a vague excerpt in a MCTS study guide book and have had a
>> presenter at a MS event debuting Vista that it is possible for a standard
>> user logged in with a standard user account to run an application that
>> requires elevated (admin) priveleges without having the user type in the
>> username and password of an administrator account. Both, however, were
>> unable to give me any specifics on how to accomplish this, and my
>> Internet
>> searches aren't kicking back anything useful. Could someone tell me how
>> this can be configured? I've noticed the runas administrator checkbox on
>> an
>> exe's properties, but all it seems to do it prompt for username and
>> password of an admin. I've also noticed the backward compatibility
>> options, but it seems pretty vague as to how those settings work.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Bill
 
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:55:59 -0600, Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM wrote:

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" . wrote in message
> news:e1kv9RuXIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> [Forwarded to Vista Security newsgroup via crosspost.]
>>
>> Bill wrote:
>>> I've read a vague excerpt in a MCTS study guide book and have had a
>>> presenter at a MS event debuting Vista that it is possible for a standard
>>> user logged in with a standard user account to run an application that
>>> requires elevated (admin) priveleges without having the user type in the
>>> username and password of an administrator account. Both, however, were
>>> unable to give me any specifics on how to accomplish this, and my
>>> Internet
>>> searches aren't kicking back anything useful. Could someone tell me how
>>> this can be configured? I've noticed the runas administrator checkbox on
>>> an
>>> exe's properties, but all it seems to do it prompt for username and
>>> password of an admin. I've also noticed the backward compatibility
>>> options, but it seems pretty vague as to how those settings work.
>
>
> How to disable the User Account Control Prompt for certain application:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/946932

Which doesn't elevate silently. All that does is completely suppress the
elevation prompt. If the app needs admin privileges it will fail to execute
correctly. Not a good solution at all.

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Paul Adare
MVP - Virtual Machines
http://www.identit.ca
Swap read error. You lose your mind.
 
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