Run a program all the time as admin

[Guest]

Hi I have windows XP Pro and two logins one that is a limited account and the other is an admin account. I've found that certain program will not run in a limited account. I can use the "run as" but I don't want to give the password and the rights to the users of the limited account. Is there a way that I can setup the progams to always run under the admin account with out the user know the password or being asked all the time?

Thank you for your Time & help!
Josh

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

If you use the Command Line RUNAS tool, you can use the /SAVECRED switch, but this saves the credentials machine wide, not just for that program.

Alternatively, try to determine what file/folder/registry entries the program is having trouble with, when run as a Limited User and adjust the security permissions accordingly.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I have had a similar problem, I tried setting permissions, etc, but there must he something I've overlooked, is there a utility that can report on files, reg entries etc that a program may use?

Regards

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml. Filemon and Regmon are the two programs that will benefit you the most. You'll probably need to play with the "Filters" settings to trim it down to just the information you actually need. It can be a bit confusing if you don't.