I was able to open a CMD prompt as my Domain Admin account by doing the search from the Start button and shift-right-mouse clicking on it and selecting "Run as another user".
But, my command lines inside of that failed with the same error. Kurt On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:58, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > You're running these directly from the cmd line? > > Are you able to get a simpler version to work? > Runas /user:[email protected] cmd.exe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:40 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: UAC - can't run as another user from the command line > > This is weird. > > I was handed a newer laptop, and copied over my list of RUNAS command lines, > and they're no longer working. > > Whether I try them from the Start/Run prompt, or from a CMD shell (elevated > or not - different user or not), I can't get them to run. > Inside the CMD shells, I get: > > C:\Windows\system32>runas /noprofile /env /user:[email protected] > "mmc.exe %systemroot%\system32\dsa.msc" > Enter the password for [email protected]: > Attempting to start mmc.exe C:\Windows\system32\dsa.msc as user > "[email protected]" ... > RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - mmc.exe C:\Windows\system32\dsa.msc > 740: The requested operation requires elevation. > > I've googled myself stupid on this one, and the only thing I've found is to > use gpedit.msc and make sure that > > "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for > administrators in Admin Approval Mode" > > is set to "Prompt for credentials" > > Which it is. So also is: > > "User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for standard > users" > > I've even tried just running: > > C:\Windows\system32>runas /noprofile /env /user:[email protected] > "mmc.exe" > Enter the password for [email protected]: > Attempting to start mmc.exe as user "[email protected]" ... > RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - mmc.exe > 740: The requested operation requires elevation. > > with, as you can see, no luck. > > Anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong? > > Thanks, > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
