Sorry I forgot to add IMNSHO. I don't run as administrator on any box unless I absolutely need to and only for the task at hand.
Jon On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > He should be running as an User not an Admin. That is what runas is for. > > Jon > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good point. That being said, when I ran msinfo32 on my machine, it >> *looked* >> like what was on the user's machine. Next time it happens, I'll try to >> make >> it a point to look at the task manager. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:22 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: MSINFO popping up >> >> >> >> Check the process in task manager. Help About could be forged. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:14 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: MSINFO popping up >> >> Nope. It was an MS System Info window. Or at least that's what "help >> ->About" said it was. I don't know. I've never seen it before. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:01 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: MSINFO popping up >> >> No chance it was MSCONFIG? >> >> If you make changes to your startup behavior via MSCONFIG, by default it >> runs again at next boot/logon. >> >> -sc >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:39 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: MSINFO popping up >> >> Well, it was definitely the Microsoft System Information tool... but >> what >> caused it to pop up, I haven't a clue. Just for giggles I'll go install >> MalwareBytes on that machine and make sure it's not infested or >> anything. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:09 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: MSINFO popping up >> >> Fire up task manager when it happens. See what the process is. >> Msinfo.exe is >> a virus/adware usually and msinfo32.exe is part of the OS. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:56 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: MSINFO popping up >> >> User reports that he doesn't recall any consistency in what he was doing >> immediately prior to the MSINFO window popping up. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:10 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: MSINFO popping up >> >> 2009/9/1 John Aldrich <[email protected]>: >> > One of my users has an HP Pavilion laptop ... >> >> Standard question: What release and edition of Windows, and what >> Service >> Pack? >> >> > ... starting to pop up more and more often ... turned out to be >> MSINFO. >> >> I can't even start MSINFO from Start -> Run on my box. I have to >> hunt down the icon in the Start Menu. >> >> What's he doing when/before MSINFO opens? What programs are running >> in the background? Check startup items. I seem to recall MSINFO was >> introduced as part of MS Office (way back when); maybe check around in >> there? >> >> Do you have good anti-virus? Does the user have admin rights? >> >> > He says that >> > typically, no matter what he does, the laptop shuts down on him >> shortly >> > after seeing the window pop up. >> >> Do you have the auto-reboot on STOP feature turned on? If so, that >> often translates into "my computer is shutting off" from the users. >> >> We turn turn this off as part of our standard config. It's one of >> Microsoft's dumber ideas, IMNSHO. 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