Table of contents, Aaron Margosis' non-admin blog
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Anonymous
April 18, 2005
How about doing a piece on using TweakUI as non-admin? I'm getting it to work, but it doesn't save settings when you reboot.Anonymous
April 19, 2005
What TweakUI settings aren't persisting? I haven't seen that problem. Note that some settings are per-user settings. Note that not all per-user settings are accessible to the user (e.g., policy settings).Anonymous
April 24, 2005
Isn't this supposed to be implemented as post categories, instead of an odd "flashback" post?Anonymous
April 25, 2005
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June 24, 2005
The Administrator Accounts Security Planning Guide has recently been posted to TechNet and hence...Anonymous
July 11, 2005
Last week at TechEd I mentioned to you an article I read about adding printer drivers as a non-admin. I thought it concerned members of the Users group, but this article describes how to give Print Operators the ability to add printer drivers. It’s by Kathy Ivens in the April 2004 issue of WindowsITPro. Look at tip 2 in http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/42282/42282.html?Ad=1 I hope it’s of use to you.Anonymous
August 10, 2005
About a year ago I was reading something (blog, article, billboard, I
don't know what) that was talking...Anonymous
August 12, 2005
SyncToy v1 Beta sounds pretty cool. To obtain the download, however, I need to validate Windows. The ActiveX required for the standard method fails silently after installation. I don't know but I guess the installation itself fails silently.
The alternate Method also fails: The Validation Tool runs fine and returns some code. In the next window, I have to press continue (whatever sense this additional information makes). Then, another ActiveX-warning appears and on validate now, an hta-application is loaded which also fails, recommending that I contant my reseller.
When I run MSIE as Admin, everything works fine.
Does Microsoft encourage non-admin usage of windows? Obviously not.
MichaelAnonymous
August 20, 2005
In my previous post
I talked about how I started to work with a Limited User Account (LUA).
I've found...Anonymous
August 20, 2005
In my previous post I talked about how I started to work with a Limited User Account (LUA). I've found that as long as you have a couple of tools and a good idea of what is going on working without Administrative rights is not too bad. There are times that you need Administrative rights to get things done though.Anonymous
August 24, 2005
An excellent set of articles there, Aaron. Kudos to you on the hard work and preparation.
@Michael
re: Genuine Windows Validation fails for non-admin
Did you try running the tool using run-as?Anonymous
August 30, 2005
Hello Aaron
Can i use the privbar on SQL enterpris manager or query analyzer ???
thanks
Layth Shasha
layth.shasha@nzdf.co.nzAnonymous
September 06, 2005
Layth -
No - PrivBar extends only the Explorer/IE shell. I've considered writing something to modify the title bars of other apps, but there is a much greater risk involved, since it would involve injecting code into every process on the desktop.Anonymous
March 06, 2006
Those of you who are taking advantage of the Remote Access Quarantine feature of Windows Server...Anonymous
April 10, 2006
I encourage customers to architect machines such that data is stored in a separate partition of the hard...Anonymous
April 13, 2006
Many of us are concerned about the ever increasing threat to information security and business continuity...Anonymous
June 26, 2006
Are you thinking of turning off UAC? Before you do...Anonymous
July 05, 2006
Hi,
I have an ASP (not an ASP.NET) application accessing Sql Server 2005 database installed in Vista Beta 2 (Build : 5384). I am unable to access my application in server. UAP is blocking my application. I dont want to change system level UAP configuration using msconfig or secpol.msc.
Can any one suggest me some idea to change application level UAP configuration, so that I can access by ASP application.
Thanks in Advance.
-John-Anonymous
October 28, 2006
Aaron, love your site and info. you talk about the things desktop admins should know from day one and most don't know at all. i have a question and was wondering if you could point me in the right direction. in our environment (1400 locked down workstations, with gpo policies and a security template applied) we are having an issue with the xp sp2 upgrade. everything is fine until the user logs in after the upgrade. rundll32 runs calling an inf for mediaplayer customization. it wants to write a key to hkcusoftwareclasses. i get the advanced inf install error. is there something simple i can do to fix this. i have been trying logon scripts running subinacle to set elevated rights but it just isnt working. why is mediaplayer wanting to write to this key? you would think they would know about lua bugs more then anyone. the key it tries to create is: SoftwareMicrosoftMediaPlayerPreferences: AcceptedPrivacyStatement=1 thats my story and i am sticking to it.Anonymous
October 28, 2006
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January 11, 2007
Ok, I'll admit it. I've been living dangerously for the last several years. Simply put, I refuse to install any kind of antivirus or personal firewall software on any of my systems. This includes a Windows XP Home system that was used by my children asAnonymous
January 30, 2007
The story is all too familiar. Developing software as a standard user on your computer can be challengingAnonymous
February 15, 2007
As an IT Professional you might get the question to deploy Mozilla's FireFox browser on the workstationsAnonymous
June 19, 2007
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June 29, 2007
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August 06, 2007
What registry fix would be available to allow non-admins the ability to burn DVDs without installing Nero BurnRights?Anonymous
August 09, 2007
Why Vista is better off without setuid or sudo.Anonymous
December 29, 2007
Hi Aaron, I recently downloaded Explorer 7.0 and an having problems, I am using a dial-up connection, Windows Xp Sp-2 348mz & 384 ram, the problem is that after downloading Exp.7.0 my system acts sluggish. Takes forever to connect to a website, and just locks up sometimes, must use Esc. to regain control, the computer is protected McAfee security center against viris's and such. Is there any way that I could return to Exp.6.0, as I feel this rig is not up to date enought to use 7.0. Thanks, FrankAnonymous
April 19, 2008
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June 10, 2008
I have no idea how I came across you, but you sound very intelligent, so maybe you can help me. We have a D-link Extreme N router in the den with the main computer. I installed the d-link DWA-552 Desktop Adapter into my computer. The problem sometimes it works a little sometimes it doesn't work at all. And, this is weird-It seems like when its trying not to work that my mouse hangs up and won't hardly work. Do you have any idea what I could be doing wrong. It is Windows XP with service pack 2. thank you factnurse@hotmail.comAnonymous
April 10, 2017
For those who may be interested, the TOC entry referred to here is now at https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/aaron_margosis/2007/09/14/table-of-contents-aaron-margosis-non-admin-weblog/