Vista - RE: Launching specific program with elevated rights from standard user

permalink · 07-18-2008

Sean Daniels trick is suited for programs that have access to many sensitive
files in the OS and Programs Folders.

Have you tried Vistaâ€™s Parental Control feature?

Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\Parental Controls

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oscar

....Right click is your best friend...

"Casey Moore" wrote:

Quote:

> Okay, here is the scenerio: There are several programs (games) that my
> children want to run. However they are written so that they need to be
> launched with elevated rights. I don't, however, want to grant admin rights
> to their accounts so I find myself in either the "find a new game to play"
> mode, or "okay let me come provide my login when prompted so you can run your
> game logged on as you" mode.
>
> What I'd like to do is set up a way that once I know a specific game is okay
> (used loosely), to create a way to automatically provide admin credentials
> when needed just for that application.
>
> I found this article:
> http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2007/05/ho...-elevated.html
>
> This sounded very intriguing. I could provide my credentials in the task,
> and no-one would have access to the creds and if they tried to change the
> task, it would ask for my login again.
>
> Because I wanted to set up the task to run not as me, but from their
> accounts I had to use the "whether or not the user is logged in" (differing
> from the above article). Problem is, with this setting, it looks like the
> task won't run interactively (with the currently active console).
>
> Is there any way to make this work, or some other way to whitelist specific
> applications for elevated rights without having to log in every time?

07-18-2008	#1 (permalink)
oscar n/a posts	RE: Launching specific program with elevated rights from standard user Sean Daniels trick is suited for programs that have access to many sensitive files in the OS and Programs Folders. Have you tried Vistaâ€™s Parental Control feature? Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\Parental Controls -- oscar ....Right click is your best friend... "Casey Moore" wrote: Quote: > Okay, here is the scenerio: There are several programs (games) that my > children want to run. However they are written so that they need to be > launched with elevated rights. I don't, however, want to grant admin rights > to their accounts so I find myself in either the "find a new game to play" > mode, or "okay let me come provide my login when prompted so you can run your > game logged on as you" mode. > > What I'd like to do is set up a way that once I know a specific game is okay > (used loosely), to create a way to automatically provide admin credentials > when needed just for that application. > > I found this article: > http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2007/05/ho...-elevated.html > > This sounded very intriguing. I could provide my credentials in the task, > and no-one would have access to the creds and if they tried to change the > task, it would ask for my login again. > > Because I wanted to set up the task to run not as me, but from their > accounts I had to use the "whether or not the user is logged in" (differing > from the above article). Problem is, with this setting, it looks like the > task won't run interactively (with the currently active console). > > Is there any way to make this work, or some other way to whitelist specific > applications for elevated rights without having to log in every time?
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