Yes, this is called UAC (user access control?) and offers several levels of sensitivity in Win7. I set mine to the highest, most paranoid notch. A little window pops up asking if it's okay to run the app as an administrator.
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Fred Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a convenient way for doing that? Does the OS know when additional > rights are needed and prompt you for a password, that is good for the current > operation/process, but is not a "permanent" elevation of rights? > > Fred Holmes > > At 12:56 PM 11/4/2009, Chris Dunford wrote: >>Right. DropMyRights was useful for XP, but it's really not needed for Vista >>or Win7. The right solution is to run as a standard user and then elevate >>your privileges when you need to. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
