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Thanks... that helps clear things up.

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I'm wanting to use this in an XP environment, where the user is a Power User. I use a compiled script, and my code is below:


However, when I run it as a generic user, it still prompts me for a admin password. I want it to just work and elevate itself. How can I get around this?

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SilverEdge78

I assume you're running Vista/7.

The script has the same rights as the user who ran it.

If you run it as a "generic user" then it will have the same rights as that user, and cannot be elevated to administrator all by itself if you have UAC turned on. This is a security feature.

This script only asks for administrator rights. If the only way windows will give it admin rights is to ask for an admin password then that's what's going to happen.

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No, I want to run this on a Windows XP machine. It will be run by a generic user. It needs to run with administrator privileges as it will enable/disable the wifi adapter.

If this will not work, any ideas as to what might? Nothing in my research is finding something like this.

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SilverEdge78

You have to realize what you're asking. You want something tha bypasses security restrictions and spontaneously elevates itself. Do you understand that if that were possible, all kinds of malware would use it?

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Yes and no. I want it to do that but I have the credentials I can supply the script itself to have that admin access. My thought is to have it authenticate, elevate then run. Perhaps this isn't the right function to look at, but I'm open to suggestions.

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SilverEdge78

You have to use a different approach for something like that.

You can give the generic user the power to run an executable as administrator. Give a look at runasSpc http://www.robotronic.de/runasspcEn.html

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