A while back I described the set of shortcuts I use to run things as Administrator, even though I’m logged on as a Limited User. I’ve packaged them up for dowload. Enjoy. Overview Logging on as a restricted user greatly increases security, protecting you from certain virus & trojan horse attacks, and adheres to the…
Tag: Admin vs. Normal User
RANU: smarter CPL and MSC
I wish that .CPLs and .MSCs were smarter about normal users. I want to be a normal user, open a Control Panel applet, and have it prompt me for credentials if needed. Same thing for the administrative tools. Here’s what I do instead. I create a set of shortcuts in a folder called “Control Panel”:…
RANU: Give me another TS session
If you want to user Windows Terminal Services, Microsoft says you need a server OS. Seems like overkill. I don’t need my Windows XP-based email machine to support 500 concurrent users. I shouldn’t need a licensing server & a $1500 OS. Here’s what I really want Windows XP TS to do: Let me TS from…
RANT: Run as Normal User
AKA “Run as non-admin”. We call it “RANU” around here, or sometimes “why would you do that?” I have a Linux background. There it seemed obvious to run as ‘jbazuzi’ sometimes and ‘root’ other times. But making it work in Windows is just hard. I don’t mind that I can’t install most software as a…