Run in admin account / Run as admin equivalence ?

[Poutnik]

Hi,

is Running an installation in admin account ( UAC confirmed )
equivalent to Running it "as admin" in normal user account ?

Not concerning permition rights here,
but runas parameters /profile and /env.

Poutnik

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Hello,

No, these are not equivalent.

When an administrator runs a confirmed program, that program is running
under that administrator's user profile.

When a standard user runs a program and an administrator enters their
credentials to confirm, that program is running under that administrator's
profile, not the standard user's.

- JB

 

[Poutnik]

Hm,

you have just confirmed they are equivalent, even saying no,
i.e both cases run under admin account AND profile.

Or am I wrong ?

Poutnik

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

They are running with the same credentials, but with different levels of
authority. Running in admin mode is not running elevated (required to write
to or alter system folders). "Run as admin" is specifically invoking the
elevation necessary to do so, whether this is invoked from a standard user
account or from within the admin account itself.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Poutnik]

Hi,

They are running with the same credentials, but with different levels of
authority. Running in admin mode is not running elevated (required to write
to or alter system folders). "Run as admin" is specifically invoking the
elevation necessary to do so, whether this is invoked from a standard user
account or from within the admin account itself.

I have noted running in adminaccount WITH UAC confirmed.

 

[Jimmy Brush]

You are correct.

As a result, there is more of a separation of concerns when elevating a
program from a standard user account than there is when elevating a program
from an administrator account.

- JB

 

[Poutnik]

You are correct.

As a result, there is more of a separation of concerns when elevating a
program from a standard user account than there is when elevating a program
from an administrator account.

- JB

Thanks for reply.
I was confused, what is default setting for RUNAS command and possibly
RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR shell context menu.

I think it was not clear in w2k, not sure about xp.
In vista /profile is default.

runas /noprofile would not definitely be equivalent
to running in admin account.