Launch UAC restricted programs at startup from a limited account

Hello

I read many threads without finding a valuable answer to the followin
question

-Is it possible to launch UAC restricted programs at startup *from
limited account* using the scheduler ?

On my computer, I have one adminstrator account and three limite
accounts. I need to launch a program at startup which require
administrative privileges

I have created a task -*beginning at log on*- for -*any user*-. Th
-*administrative user account*- is used to run the task *-when it i
logged on-*. The "Run with highest privileges" is selected

When I log on the administrative user account, it is working very wel
: the task is started and the program is launched as it is supposed to
Perfect ! However, on the limited accounts it does not work. Accordin
to the log file, it seems the task is started but the program can't b
launched

So I decided to change the task security options so that the task coul
be run -*whether the administrative user is logged on or not*-

Well, whether I logged on the administrative user account or on th
limited ones, nothing happened

I am stuck there and I don't know what to do next. Maybe someone coul
help

Thanks

Cyrill

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crustom

Hi,
In the Task Scheduler\create task\general, under the Security options, try
to select
"Run whether user is logged on or not".

Brgds/Brandon Chau

"crustom" wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I read many threads without finding a valuable answer to the following
> question :
>
> -Is it possible to launch UAC restricted programs at startup *from a
> limited account* using the scheduler ?-
>
> On my computer, I have one adminstrator account and three limited
> accounts. I need to launch a program at startup which requires
> administrative privileges.
>
> I have created a task -*beginning at log on*- for -*any user*-. The
> -*administrative user account*- is used to run the task *-when it is
> logged on-*. The "Run with highest privileges" is selected.
>
> When I log on the administrative user account, it is working very well
> : the task is started and the program is launched as it is supposed to.
> Perfect ! However, on the limited accounts it does not work. According
> to the log file, it seems the task is started but the program can't be
> launched.
>
> So I decided to change the task security options so that the task could
> be run -*whether the administrative user is logged on or not*-.
>
> Well, whether I logged on the administrative user account or on the
> limited ones, nothing happened.
>
> I am stuck there and I don't know what to do next. Maybe someone could
> help ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cyrille
>
>
> --
> crustom
>

Hello

Thank you for your suggestion. In fact, if you go back to my origina
post, I wrote that, as a second try, I selected "*Run whether user i
logged on or not*". Surprisingly, nothing worked anymore, whether
logged on the administrator account or on limited accounts. I ca
confirm everything was working very well on the administrator accoun
when "*Run when it is logged on*" was selected

The main question is therefore : Why is it that changing from "*Ru
when it is logged on*" to "*Run whether user is logged on or not*
prevents the task from being launched as it should ? Is there som
security permissions somewhere to be set

Cyrill

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crustom

Hello

I thought it would be helpful if I could provide you (and everybody
with a list of events. Keep in mind that I don't have Vista in english
I had to translate each event description the best I could. However al
event IDs are also provided to avoid any confusion

I hope it will help..

*::Logging on the administrative user account::

-*When "Run whether the user is logged on or not" is selected*
119 The task is started at log o
319 The task scheduler received a message to launch the tas
200 Operation starte
100 Task starte
129 Task process create
102 Task stoppe
201 Action stoppe
---> Everything seems ok but the program is not launched

*-When "Run when the user is logged on" is selected-
Surprisingly, same events as befor
----> but this time, the program is launched

*::Logging on a limited user account::

*-When "Run whether the user is logged on or not" is selected-
119 The task is started at log o
200 Operation starte
319 The task scheduler received a message to launch the tas
100 Task starte
129 Task process create
201 Action stoppe
102 Task stoppe
----> Everything seems ok but the program is not launched

-*When "Run when the user is logged on" is selected*
119 The task is started at log o
101 The task cannot be started (ERROR
----> There is an error preventing the task from being starte

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crustom