Understood, however the trick is, this is being done on laptops that are
remotely connected via vpn and are NOT members of the domain. I don't have
admin rights to the laptops, but the end users running them do....

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> If UAC were that easily bypassed, it would be thoroughly abused by
> malware...
>
> If you have a Windows Domain, then use a GPO to add the cert to everyone's
> system.  Or set it up as a one-time scheduled job.  The SYSTEM rights should
> be sufficient.
>
> Or, try to use CPUA
> http://www.joeware.net/freetools/tools/cpau/index.htm
>
>
>
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> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I'm beating my head against the wall here, and Google isn't providing
>> me much by way of insight. I believe this is a UAC issue, but being new to
>> Win7 (I never used Vista), I'm at a loss.
>>
>> I need to install a certificate to the Trusted Root store via a batch
>> file. The trick is, this is being done on laptops that are remotely
>> connected via vpn and are not members of the domain.
>>
>> I've got this command in my batch file:
>>
>> certmgr.exe -add mycertname.cer -s -r localMachine ROOT
>>
>> It works like a champ IF I travel to where I have copied CertMgr.exe (in
>> this case I used the env variable %TEMP%) and right click on certmgr.exe. I
>> go into the compatibility tab and click the checkbox for "Run as
>> Administrator".
>>
>> Is there any way to change that setting from the command line? I'm trying
>> to make this batch as silent and end-user friendly as possible, and this is
>> the ONLY thing keeping me from deploying it.
>>
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>>
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