It¹s the starting path. The shortcuts use environment variables (%HOMEDIR% IIRC) which don¹t seem to get picked up by Run As.
I always use an elevated CMD shell and just launch things from there. (It helps that I¹ve memorized the major MSC names). On 5/29/08 6:57 AM, "Krishna Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slightly OT, I have XP SP2 machines when I try to open Computer Management, > Services, etc using Run As, it will thow an invalid directory error (like when > you try to use Run As on an exe that is on a mapped drive). This only happens > when the system is connected to the LAN. If it is not plugged in, the Run As > works normally. I have to go into the Windows\system32 directory and use Run > As there for it to work. > > Krishna Reddy > IT Manager > Nucomm, Inc. > > > > From: James Rankin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:28 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Administrator Rights > > I generally use a normal user account for accessing my PC, and an account with > an admin prefix for administrative tasks. Since RunAs was introduced in > Windows 2000 this became a hell of a lot easier :-). Also our server support > guys generally have Power User access for logging on to servers for everyday > tasks, and are temporarily elevated by a backbone security team when they need > local admin or higher. This may be overkill for a lot of enterprises though. > > 2008/5/29 Matthew Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Just curious what your best practices are in the rights you give your system >> administrators and other IT staff. Do they have domain admin rights on their >> daily user accounts? Do you use separate accounts with higher rights for >> auditing? >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > The information contained in this email and attachments to this email are the > proprietary and confidential property > of Nucomm, Inc. The information is provided in strict confidence and shall > not be reproduced, copied, or > used (partially or wholly) in any manner without prior, express written > authorization of Nucomm, Inc. > > ----- Salvador Manzo [ 620 W. 35th St - Los Angeles, CA 90089 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Auxiliary Services IT, Datacenter University of Southern California 818-612-5112 The injury which may possibly be done by defeating a few good laws, will be amply compensated by the advantage of preventing a number of bad ones. -- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 73 on the veto power ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
