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Run as command doesn't work

I understand that when I am logged in as a user without administrative privileges something programs won't work or I may be unable to install.

So, as informed, I always right-click and choose Run As and then enter my username and password for my administrative account. But, it doesn't work. I have tried using different configuarations of my username such as domain name\username with no success.

Anything I am doing wrong or any tips?

cipher007

Have a look at this knowledgebase article, it might help you to achieve what you want,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294676

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scrathcyboy

It won't work. If you log in as a user with limited rights, you will not be able to inherit greater rights using the "RUN AS" command. You will have to log out of his limited rights, and log in again with your ADMIN rights, and then you will have no problem. You are misusing the "RUN AS" command -- it was intended to run a program with a different user login -- it was NOT intended to gain superuser rights from a limited rights login.

matrixnz

It depends, if he's trying to install/uninstall a program than the method he suggest is correct, "right-click and choose Run As and then enter my username and password for my administrative account" There is also a number of reasons why you may wish to run a program as Administrator as well, rather than logging out and logging in as Administrator for e.g. compmgmt.msc or many other Windows Tools that require Administrator Access to make modifications etc...

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Bert2005

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I thought it was like matrixnz was saying. When I am in any account and use RUn As, it asks for me username and password. I log in as a DOMAIN administrator. I thought the whole Idea was to be able to run a program that a user can't run witout having to log off and log back in which defeats the whole purpose of the Run As command.

Krompton

What (if any) error are you getting when you try this?

Bert2005

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Sorry. I will give the error message as soon as I get it again.