Questions tagged [non-admin]
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Windows hosts file alternative without needing admin rights?
I was inspired by DNS66, an app available to Android, which used a fake DNS server that dropped outgoing DNS requests to certain hosts. This way, it didn't need to modify the /etc/hosts file, thus not ...
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Changing the IP of a network adapter without admin rights as the restricted user
I’m a member of a company where computers are lend to workers without admin rights. Due to my specific hiring situation, despite being part of an area where "we" don't require changing IP ...
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Installing / Updating Docker Desktop on Mac without admin
I have a Mac where I do not have admin rights. I have requested and received temporary admin rights on the machine to install Docker. I just recently read that if we can install any software in a ...
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Installing Flash for Firefox on OSX without admin rights
I have installed a local copy of Firefox in my folder without admin rights. Is there a way to install Flash for it as well without admin rights? I have found instructions for Windows here and here.
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Windows 10: Disabling in-app app installation
I have setup a non-admin account for my kids in Windows 10 and installed a game from Microsoft Store (To make it specific: Dragon Mania Legends, it is an online game and needs network connection). The ...
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Allow Non-Admins Permission to Manage Windows Firewall
I am attempting to setup a process for our support team (non-administrators) to have access to remotely enable or disable a group of Windows firewall rules.
I did the following to get to the point of ...
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I am getting "ln: /usr/local/bin/<Cask>: Permission denied" when trying to install some casks
I have installed Homebrew and Cask to my machine, and it has worked for some things. But I sometimes get an error saying
==> ln: /usr/local/bin/<Cask name>: Permission denied
Error: Command ...
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Run Network and Sharing center with rights of a different user
How do I change network adapter settings (i.e. change between DHCP and static IP address) while logged in as a non-administrator user, but with available credentials of an administrator user?
I have ...
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Compile and execute Awesome in a non-root environment
I want to install the Awesome window manager.
In the environment where I want to configure it I don't have root access. It's a shared environment for all the users in the Faculty I study in.
I am ...
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How can non-admin monitor GPFS i/o
Running on SuSE, I am one of several "uninitiated" users on a moderately sized cluster farm. I have my suspicions that something is not right with i/o to the mounted /home. How can I get some data on ...
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Running as administrator apps block mouse clicks to regular app windows
I am having this weird issue, where if an application is executed as admin, the OS GUI of regular ran apps no longer accepts mouse events.
Also, it is not a case of one foreground "admin" ...
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What is the bug that makes fonts not work after a restart when not installed for all users? Is it fixable?
When installed for a single user, fonts disappear after a logoff. They are still in the registry and in the folder, but they aren't registered. Reinstalling them makes them work again. Why is that? Is ...
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Allow normal users to configure the TaskScheduler
Is it possible to give normal users such rigths that would allow them to configure the TaskScheduler or parts of it (like a single folder) on a Windows Server?
Background: I need to create & ...
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PsShutdown needs admin rights when setting t neq to 0
In a batch script on Windows 10 using PsShutdown to sleep my PC I noticed that PsShutdown needs admin rights if setting -t to everything except 0. You get an "Access is denied" message if ...
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How do you use a .bat file (or any kind of file) to run an exe or msi program without admin rights
So I've only done one thing with a bat file, and that was install steam with this command that I got off of a YouTube video: set __COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker start steamsetup. Now I want to use a bat ...
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MS Windows 10 rights for Tablet PC Settings?
I work for a company with tightly locked down admin permissions on our Win 10 laptops. I need to occasionally tweak the Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Tablet PC Settings, but as a normal user ...
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How to log out on Mac without sudo?
When I try to log out on a Mac, I often get a message, such and such an application "interrupted logout". I would like to "force" log out, but I don't have administrative privileges. Since I don't ...
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How to create an encrypted rewriteable diskimage that doesn't require admin to mount on Windows 10?
I want to run some portable programs on a computer where I am not admin. I need the program data to be encrypted. How can this be achieved?
I have looked at the builtin diskmgmt.msc that can create ...
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Windows time service configuration update by non-admin user
I want to configure Windows Time Settings as a non-administrator user and without using an elevated command prompt. I gave permission to user to change the system time from User Rights Assignments.
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Allow non-admins to reboot remote computer
Description of Problem
We have some kiosks (running Windows 7) at some of our stores that have software on them that error out occasionally. The fix is to simply reboot these kiosks and they work ...
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subl command does not invoke the editor unless cmd.exe was ran as administrator
On my Windows 10 system, when I open a regular terminal (cmd.exe), I cannot edit files using the subl command:
subl myfile.txt
The command does not do anything, I did not get any error message. ...
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Disable Admin approval for one application on Windows Domain (Windows 10)
I'm installing a workplace with a security system application. But this application needs an admin approval when you start it. The user is not an admin.
I don't want to turn off admin approval for ...
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Find out information about installed hard- and software using the terminal without admin rights
I have access to a remote server, to which I login via ssh. I don't have admin rights, but I like to find out as much as possible about the machine, among other things to see If I get what I pay for. ...
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Trying to install program as non-admin user but Windows 2008 doesn't accept admin password
I am running Win 2008 Standard Ed. I am logged in as a user (non-admin) and am trying to install a program (via an install.exe file). Windows will prompt for an Admin userid and password which I do ...
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