Run as Administrator at startup

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~~Alan~~

I have an utility from the WinXP days that starts up from the registry.
This utility can easily be started from the startup file as well but that's
how it was written. Under Vista, it needs to be run as administrator. I
adjusted the executable's properties to do this, but when the utility starts
when I log on, I have to go through the motions of giving it permission to
actually run (do I trust this program, etc).

How can I set this up to just run at startup/logon?

Thanks,
~alan
 
Vista will not run any programs on startup that require an administrator,
imaging how annoying it is that whenver you login you have to call up IT to
run down and enter in administrative credentials? i suggest you get ahold of
whoever wrote it and tell them to make it not require administrative
permissions.

How did standard users run it at startup on XP?

If the program checks if it's an administrator, and simply refuses to run,
steps can be taken to lie to the program so that it will run anyway. There
is essentially no reason a program must be run as an administrator, and the
Microsoft Compatiblity Administrator was created to lie to these programs
and let them think that they're running as an administrator. The Microsoft
Compatibility Administrator is then used to patch bugs that the original
author is too lazy to patch themselves.
 
~~Alan~~ said:
I have an utility from the WinXP days that starts up from the registry.
This utility can easily be started from the startup file as well but that's
how it was written. Under Vista, it needs to be run as administrator. I
adjusted the executable's properties to do this, but when the utility
starts when I log on, I have to go through the motions of giving it
permission to actually run (do I trust this program, etc).

How can I set this up to just run at startup/logon?
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329582,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03129TX1K0000625
 
I have an utility from the WinXP days that starts up from the registry.
This utility can easily be started from the startup file as well but that's
how it was written. Under Vista, it needs to be run as administrator. I
adjusted the executable's properties to do this, but when the utility starts
when I log on, I have to go through the motions of giving it permission to
actually run (do I trust this program, etc).

How can I set this up to just run at startup/logon?
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To have an application run as an administrator, run it from a shortcut
and set that shortcut to run it as an administrator. To do so,
right-click the shortcut, choose Properties, then the Shortcut tab,
then the Advanced button, and make the choice there.
 
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:36:07 -0400, "Mr. Arnold" <MR.
You are welcomed.
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You really should stick with "Mr. Arnold" rather than one of the other
nicks you use. His personality is MUCH more agreeable say, than
"Paul Montgumdrop" that you used earlier today over in linux.advocacy:

Your mama loved that 14 inch dick I put in her. I didn't have to try to
hard to please her. She said that I <bleeped> her good like Linux. :-P
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But you didn't say "<bleeped>". The MS servers didn't like what you
actually used.
 
Ken Blake said:
To have an application run as an administrator, run it from a shortcut
and set that shortcut to run it as an administrator. To do so,
right-click the shortcut, choose Properties, then the Shortcut tab,
then the Advanced button, and make the choice there.
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I've done that, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Task scheduler works, but with admin permission set, you shouldn't have to
resort to that.
How do you spell BUG... (UAC)
 
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