Run as available in Vista?

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way of showing "Run as.." in Vista when right
clicking a shortcut or file. "Run as.." was a very handy function I used a
lot in Windows Xp. You could run a file as any user. It seems to have been
replaced by a "run as admin" link.

Jake

In Windows XP, when you set up an account with Administrator privileges,
then it had real Administrator privileges. You could have several
"Administrator" accounts, and several limited user accounts. Therefore, you
could select the appropriate "Administrator" account to perform whatever
action you were wanting to do. In other words, you could have more than one
Administrator on a computer. In Vista, there is only one true
Administrator, and that account is disabled in a default installation. Even
if you set up your initial account with administrator privileges, it still
isn't the actual Administrator. Therefore, there isn't a need to have
multiple Run as.... options, as there is only one Administrator.

"Jake" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there was a way of showing "Run as.." in Vista when
> right clicking a shortcut or file. "Run as.." was a very handy function I
> used a lot in Windows Xp. You could run a file as any user. It seems to
> have been replaced by a "run as admin" link.
>
> Jake
>
>

Right now I have only one account one my PC with Vista HomePre, that is
PAUL.

If I were enable the admin account:
1. would I then have the option of logging in as PAUL or ADMIN when I turn
my PC on?
2. could I remove the PAUL account and just use the ADMIN account as the
only account on the vista PC?

thanks...


"JCS" <> wrote in message
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> In Windows XP, when you set up an account with Administrator privileges,
> then it had real Administrator privileges. You could have several
> "Administrator" accounts, and several limited user accounts. Therefore,
> you could select the appropriate "Administrator" account to perform
> whatever action you were wanting to do. In other words, you could have
> more than one Administrator on a computer. In Vista, there is only one
> true Administrator, and that account is disabled in a default
> installation. Even if you set up your initial account with administrator
> privileges, it still isn't the actual Administrator. Therefore, there
> isn't a need to have multiple Run as.... options, as there is only one
> Administrator.
>
> "Jake" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was wondering if there was a way of showing "Run as.." in Vista when
>> right clicking a shortcut or file. "Run as.." was a very handy function
>> I used a lot in Windows Xp. You could run a file as any user. It seems
>> to have been replaced by a "run as admin" link.
>>
>> Jake
>>
>>
>

I have a program which part of it requires me to run a set up file as a
normal user. I dont want it to run as admin. When I click a install file
in Vista it asks me to input the admin password. I dont want that. I want
the file to run in the limited account that I am in.


"Jake" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there was a way of showing "Run as.." in Vista when
> right clicking a shortcut or file. "Run as.." was a very handy function I
> used a lot in Windows Xp. You could run a file as any user. It seems to
> have been replaced by a "run as admin" link.
>
> Jake
>
>

"Jake" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have a program which part of it requires me to run a set up file as a
>normal user. I dont want it to run as admin. When I click a install file
>in Vista it asks me to input the admin password. I dont want that. I want
>the file to run in the limited account that I am in.


But you cannot install things in a limited account. When you install things
as admin, it does not mean that the program runs as admin when it is being
run.

ss.

"Paul Sala" <psalaN0-0SPAMM> wrote in news message:
# ...

> If I were enable the admin account:
> 1. would I then have the option of logging in as PAUL or ADMIN when I
> turn my PC on?

Yes.

> 2. could I remove the PAUL account and just use the ADMIN account as the
> only account on the vista PC?

Yes, but it's not recommended.

If you configured Vista with just one account during installation, that
would be an administrator account. You can check this out in Control Panel >
User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts.

It is recommended to keep at least two accounts on a machine: An admin
account, and a standard user account. Running as admin all the time leaves
your computer more exposed to malware, and allows users to make bigger
errors. You should configure another admin account, and change PAUL to a
standard user (in the Control Panel).

Charlie42

Jake wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if there was a way of showing "Run as.." in Vista when right
> clicking a shortcut or file. "Run as.." was a very handy function I used a
> lot in Windows Xp. You could run a file as any user. It seems to have been
> replaced by a "run as admin" link.
>
> Jake
>
>

Have you tried holding down the shift key when right-clicking on the
selected object?

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I have a program for viewing digital maps called Fugawi. When I insert a
disk a program runs automatically. There are two buttons on this splash like
screen. One is install the map viewer and the other is copy maps to disk. I
install the map viewer by inserting the disk in admin account. I then shared
the program folder with other users on the computer. Then I log out and go
into a limited account. In windows XP i just clicked the program on the
disk that gave me the splash screen and it ran in the limited account and I
can then click the button to transfer the maps to disk. This was the only
way I could get the program to run properly. However in Vista when I click
an install or any program file it runs it as admin. I dont want this. I
want the program to run in the limited account.


"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> "Jake" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have a program which part of it requires me to run a set up file as a
>>normal user. I dont want it to run as admin. When I click a install file
>>in Vista it asks me to input the admin password. I dont want that. I
>>want the file to run in the limited account that I am in.
>
>
> But you cannot install things in a limited account. When you install
> things as admin, it does not mean that the program runs as admin when it
> is being run.
>
> ss.
>

"Jake" <> wrote in message
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>I have a program for viewing digital maps called Fugawi. When I insert a
>disk a program runs automatically. There are two buttons on this splash
>like screen. One is install the map viewer and the other is copy maps to
>disk. I install the map viewer by inserting the disk in admin account. I
>then shared the program folder with other users on the computer. Then I
>log out and go into a limited account. In windows XP i just clicked the
>program on the disk that gave me the splash screen and it ran in the
>limited account and I can then click the button to transfer the maps to
>disk. This was the only way I could get the program to run properly.
>However in Vista when I click an install or any program file it runs it as
>admin. I dont want this. I want the program to run in the limited account.


I do not know if these discs have data that can be used with Global
Navigator, or if that is what you are using, but apparently the latest
version is Vista compatible.

http://www.fugawi.com/web/products/f..._navigator.htm

ss.

"Jake" <> wrote...
> I was wondering if there was a way of showing "Run as.." in Vista when
> right clicking a shortcut or file. "Run as.." was a very handy function I
> used a lot in Windows Xp. You could run a file as any user. It seems to
> have been replaced by a "run as admin" link.

In the GUI, the only only option is to Run As Administrator.

From a command prompt, you can use the runas.exe command to run a program as
any arbiraty user; whether administrator or not. So for example:

C:\Users\User1>runas /user:user2 notepad

.... to run Notepad as User2, whhile logged in as User1. Do "runas /?" to see
the full syntax options.

Hope it helps,

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