Questions tagged [elevation]
The act of running a process or script with higher usage rights (e.g. Administrator account).
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Problems elevating permissions while running a batch (CMD) file
I’ve put together a batch (CMD) file that we use to check various things on select servers. What is posted below is almost everything (minus sensitive info). If launched with the proper command line,...
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Force exe to run in NON ELEVATED mode from Task scheduler
I am admin user. I have 32 bit exe which I have scheduled it from task scheduler to run at every night. Though it is running in elevated mode. How do I force it to run in non elevated mode. I did try ...
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Grant Standard user to run one EXE file as an Admin using GPO
I have a domain in Server 2008 where we use a certain program which updates periodically. The domain users do not have any kind of Domain admin or local admin privileges. I would like to create a GPO ...
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Can I set Ubuntu or Fedora to use a UAC-style prompt when something fails due to privileges?
Can I set Ubuntu or Fedora to use a UAC-style prompt when something fails due to privileges? As in, in Nautilus, when I open a .run installer and it requires root, can I have it automatically burst an ...
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I get no elevate dialog anymore
Whenever I launch a program, try to save files in 'C:\Program Files' and more, I don't get the Administrator Privileges dialog anymore. (Started about a month ago)
I can't run the chrome flash plugin ...
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Is there a tool that will automatically fix programs requesting elevation when they don't need it
I have heard of the external manifest trick to get programs not to ask for elevation when they really don't need it.
Is there a program that will automatically modify or add a manifest to an ...
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How to prevent / auto-deny permission elevation on Windows 10?
For example, occasionally Oracle Java will randomly lock the screen and ask for elevated permissions to try to install an update. This is extremely annoying when I'm flying a glider online in Condor ...
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get-wmiobject access denied
i created a user and added it to administrators group. when i open powershell normally ( not as administrator ) and type get-wmiobject, i get access denied. what i done
ran wmi control, added user ...
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Run app with admin privileges when invoked by 'open with' in context menu
I know you can use Task Scheduler to make a shortcut that opens an application as admin without the UAC prompt, which is great, but I have certain apps that I typically open to edit system files etc, ...
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Launching an application with admin priviledge in non admin session
In our company, we maintain and deploy a native binary application to our clients' Windows 10 systems.
They used to be able to execute it with admin privilege while being in a non admin session, but ...
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Can't update wsl even when running PowerShell as admin
I'm trying to update my default WSL distribution and even though I'm running PowerShell as an admin I get this error. What am I doing wrong?
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In an elevated Powershell prompt, why does Get-ScheduledTask always fail with "Catastrophic failure"?
I want to use Powershell to enable and disable a Scheduled task, but Get-ScheduledTask task cannot access all the tasks that appear in the Task Scheduler GUI. I read on StackOverflow that I should try ...
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What causes remote desktop connection attempts to hang and then local Ctrl+Alt+Del to be ignored? Workaround without reboot?
I have a Windows 10 Pro machine running Terminal Server. I always have a single logged in session and never logout (only disconnect). Every so often it gets into a state where client RDP connections ...
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How to change network connection to DHCP, as default user without administrator password?
I manage many remote Windows 7 and Windows 10 PCs that are logged on as standard users, where I log on to these via remote control program for necessary maintenance. The PCs are set up with a static ...
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"Run as administrator" failing without message on Windows8.1, but "Run as different user" and consecutive "Run as administrator" working
Run as administrator now is broken the second time for me again after recreating user account locally.
Neither on the command line nor via the context menu I can run as programs as an administrator ...
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Query regarding UAC and editing files in Windows system folders
If I try to edit a text file in a system folder such as Program Files or Windows with Notepad (or an image with Paint, or... you get the idea) and then save it I get an "Access denied" error. Now I ...
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Does porttalk work in Windows 10?
Porttalk is a driver that enables applications to access hardware's I/Os directly, like it was possible in Windows 98. Porttalk consists basically of two files:
porttalk.sys: The actual driver
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Is there a way to auto elevate cmd as system whenever it is called? Running Win 11
I know you can elevate it to admin with a reg key, and I know you can run it as system by using psexec but that requires some manual commands every time. I would like it to happen automatically if ...
