Salvador,
Well now I know, even if it does not make much sense to have the
start in path be %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%.
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
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From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:25 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Administrator Rights
Target
%SystemRoot%\system32\...
Start In
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
I don't get it either (this is from the Data Source app, which I've not
done anything with.)
On 5/29/08 12:32 PM, "Krishna Reddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would think that the shortcuts in Control Panel\Administrative
Tools would have generic shortcut paths, ie %WINDIR% or %WINDOWS%. And
if it is the environment variable, why does it work fine when I am
unplugged from the LAN?
Krishna Reddy
IT Manager
Nucomm, Inc.
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From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Administrator Rights
It's the starting path. The shortcuts use environment variables
(%HOMEDIR% IIRC) which don't seem to get picked up by Run As.
I always use an elevated CMD shell and just launch things from
there. (It helps that I've 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.
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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?
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