Run as Administrator at startup

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

BTW - Vista Business and the utility is a Screen Print utility, sprint32.

~alan


"~~Alan~~" <a.shepro-> wrote in message
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>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~~" <a.shepro-> wrote in message
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>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
>

"~~Alan~~" <a.shepro-> wrote in message
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>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?
>
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817...129TX1K0000625

Hello Alan

You can use Option One (Method Two) in this tutorial to use Tas
Scheduler instead to have the startup program run without having t
apply UAC permission at startup

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/79...le-disable.htm

Hope this helps
Shaw

~~Alan~~;853784 Wrote:
> 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 bu
> that'
> how it was written. Under Vista, it needs to be run as administrator.
> adjusted the executable's properties to do this, but when the utilit
> start
> when I log on, I have to go through the motions of giving it permissio
> t
> actually run (do I trust this program, etc)
>
> How can I set this up to just run at startup/logon
>
> Thanks
> ~ala

--
Brin

*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not as
them.*
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Dear Mr. Arnold,

Thank you.

~alan

"Mr. Arnold" <MR. > wrote in message
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> "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro-> wrote in message
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>>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?
>>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817...129TX1K0000625

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:52:37 -0400, "~~Alan~~"
<a.shepro-> wrote:

> 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?


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.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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"~~Alan~~" <a.shepro-> wrote in message
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> Dear Mr. Arnold,
>
> Thank you.
>
> ~alan
>

You are welcomed.


> "Mr. Arnold" <MR. > wrote in message
> news:Oh$...
>>
>> "~~Alan~~" <a.shepro-> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>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?
>>>
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817...129TX1K0000625
>

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:36:07 -0400, "Mr. Arnold" <MR.
> wrote:

>
>"~~Alan~~" <a.shepro-> wrote in message
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>> Dear Mr. Arnold,
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> ~alan
>>
>
>You are welcomed.

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:

On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:40:08 -0400, Paul Montgumdrop
<> wrote:

>SomeBloke wrote:
>
>> Oh good. Another 14 year old making a stab at a sense of humour. Must try
>> harder.
>>
>
>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

But you didn't say "<bleeped>". The MS servers didn't like what you
actually used.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 06:52:37 -0400, "~~Alan~~"
> <a.shepro-> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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)