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runas lower user without password

Say I am Administrator in a cmd. Now I want to run a process as a non Administrator Account without entering the password of the lower user. >echo %USERNAME% Administrator >runas ...
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Using runas to run netsh as administrator

I'm trying to do some debugging for a vendor on a Windows 7 machine. I need to run netsh to set a parameter. I've tried to run it from a cygwin/shell window but get a "Run as administrator" failure. ...
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Run program as different, password protected user in Win 7 wo/ PW prompt [duplicate]

In order to increase security while browsing, I would like to launch the browser as a separate user. Several people suggested the runas command, but it lacks the ability on purpose to pass the ...
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PsExec Access is denied

I am using psexec.exe to run programs in a different security context. However the programs start but it does not seem to be running in the specified security context. In its minimal form: psexec ...
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How to obtain the original user name in a command prompt started by runas

I use runas /user:abc cmd to start a command prompt. After login, I will run a vbs script. The login abc has special file/folder permission, and it is the main reason for using runas. Otherwise the ...
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Administrator RUNAS feature on iisreset in command line [closed]

While trying to run iisreset from CMD.exe on a Windows 7 64 bit, I got to know the difference of run as admin or not. My question: As the local admin - is the difference on the CMD is the ONLY ...
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How to specify user using @ if the comp is not part of any domain?

I want to run a command as an administrator. So I use runas command. And I want to specify the user using @ character. Is that possible as the computer (Windows7) is not part of any domain? ...
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RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - The system cannot find the file specified

If I run runas /savecred /user:yogurt\administrator "del c:\testt" I get this error Attempting to start del c:\testt as user "yogurt\administrator" ... RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - del c:\testt ...
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Windows 8 file permissions vs Windows 7 [duplicate]

I have read How do I disable administrator prompt in Windows 8?, and it did not solve my problem. When I upgraded from Windows 7 Pro 64-bit to Windows 8 Pro 64-bit, I noticed some permissions issues ...
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Cause a UAC popup from commandline without custom tools

In Win7, a user can right-click on a program and choose 'Run as administrator'. You get a popup, but do not have to enter the administrator password. I would like to get the same functionality, but ...
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how to run a command with admin priviledges when I don't have admin account on my Win7 computer

I am trying to open cmd with admin priviledges. That's because when executing a command I received a message that I don't have sufficient priviledges to run this command (mklink). The problem is that ...
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How to allow non-admin users to run a VBS script that requires higher privileges?

I have a vbs script that needs to be provided to end users, but it requires more rights than they have on their locked down workstations - specifically updating some HKLM registry values and ...
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How to run a program with admin privilege

I need to run a program as a different user + make it run with admin privileges (Run as administrator). I use the 'runas' for running the program as a different user How can I run the program as ...
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Opening a program as a different user (with /savecred) fails

What I'm trying to do is run a second instance (my personal account) of dropbox. I have a second user account setup, Dropbox installed, the Dropbox folder on the second acct shared properly. ...
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Enable password-blank Run As on Home Premium?

Is there a registry setting I can change to apply this fix from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=303846? You can disable blank password restrictions by using a policy. To locate ...
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How to make a cmd 'runnable as administrator' under windows 7?

I have written as small .cmd file to be executed as an administrator. I am trying to set its options as 'Run as Administrator' but the check box is not accessible. Why? How to solve this issue? I ...
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Can access a shared folder when logged in, but not with runas

We have a medium-sized school using a Win2008R2 domain. We have several shares that are blocked except to administrators. The problem is that if I log in as an administrator, I can access the shares ...
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While running a batch file in Windows 7 with Admin rights from a thumb drive, how can I get the file path back to the thumb drive?

I have a piece of software that is being distributed to several departments for installation onto Windows 7 laptops. They install software from the thumb drive and then they have to run a script to ...
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runas domain access?

I want to execute a file on a share but I need to use a domain account to access it. I've tried runas /user:domain\user \\someshare\foo.exe. It prompts for the domain account's password, which I ...
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Ctrl+Shift to Run as Administrator No Longer Works

Holding Ctrl+Shift while clicking on a shortcut (or in the Start Menu’s search box) no longer works to run as administrator. Specifically, nothing happens; no UAC prompt and the program does not run ...
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How can I run commands in PowerShell with Administrator permissions?

I would like to run commands in PowerShell with Administrator permissions? How can I do that? I have tried to start PowerShell with the runas command, but PowerShell is closed immediately after I ...
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as a domain member, 'run with administrative privileges' always asks for hostname

Since we run Windows 7-clients in our windows-server domain I have a specific use case that has become more inconvenient: On the client-site, being logged-on as an user with restricted rights and ...
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Automatically run an application as another user

How can you run an application as another user in Windows 7? The only catch is that I don't want to have to hold down the shift key, right click on the application and choose Run as different user. I ...
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Windows 7 Credential manager and accessing SQL Server from outside of the domain

My SQL Server is set to use Windows authentication. If I am connected to the domain directly from my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 machine, SQL Management Studio (SSMS) will let me authenticate with Windows ...
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Run as a different user on a shortcut

How do I run as a different user on a shortcut in Windows 7? On Windows XP, I had the ability to mark a shortcut as being run by a different user, so that every time I ran it it would prompt me for ...
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Windows 7 Administrator Command Prompt “Start in” Path

So, I know you can create a shortcut to an administrator-level command prompt (as described in this question), but what I'm seeing is that whenever I use such a shortcut, it always drops me into ...
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Runas context menu shortcut

In Windows 7 there is an option to enable a run as context menu by holding down the shift key when opening the start menu. When I select the run as option a credentials dialog is shown, but it ...
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Drag and Drop File into Application under run as administrator

Whenever I have an application running (Visual Studio 2008, Notepad, etc.) under "Run as Administrator", I cannot drag and drop files from Windows Explorer into the application. I've tried running ...
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Run As Administrator Settings Under Shortcut

There are two checkboxes for Run As Administrator in the Properties dialog for a shortcut in Windows 7. One is under the Shortcut tab in the Advanced Properties dialog, and the other is under the ...
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Runas Windows Explorer in Windows 7

I'm having a strange issue with Windows Explorer on Windows 7 Professional. When I try to open it up under different user credentials, I get the following error message: The results are the same ...
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Configure Mouse Buttons for “Administrator”/Elevated privileges

I am, for better or worse, an administrator on my Windows 7 machine. However, even then, I still need to run certain programs "as Administrator" - for example, Visual Studio 2008 when working with ...