Questions tagged [limited-user-account]
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Granting Users Access to Burn to CD - Windows Server 2022
Having trouble allowing normal users to use the Burn to Disc function on Windows Server 2022.
It allows administrators to burn to disc if in the Regedit /HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/...
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Will Microsoft Edge (Chromium) be able to keep itself up-to-date using limited user accounts
Can the Chromium based rebuild of Microsoft's Edge browser continuously and automatically keep itself up to date on limited Windows user accounts, on unmanaged Windows installs? Are any specific ...
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How can I make a program run with admin rights while retaining a limited user's context? (Windows 10)
My company has a policy that whoever has admin rights has two user accounts: one limited account for everyday use, and one special account with administrative rights but other restrictions (lack of ...
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Create a limited Linux (ssh) login/user with read access to only one file
I'm creating a hacking challenge as a project in university.
Somewhere in the middle of the challenge the challengers will receive a user name "guest" and a password to enter one of my Linux virtual ...
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How to create non-admin account in windows xp with specifically limited rights?
I am an Administrator of a PC with Windows XP and I want to create non-admin account in order to hide folders and files which I don't want to share. Please explain how to do it. I never did it before.
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How much can user actions be limited?
I need to use a server (Linux, Ubuntu) 'S' as a bridge between clients and other local servers 'LSs' which offer a series of services such as DB access via web or applications that must run on them (...
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Thunderbird 31.0 cannot download all emails to local folder
I'm in the process of backing up all of my business emails (Gmail) to a local folder. There are several labels which have more than one hundred thousand emails (invoices and receipts), so when I drag ...
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Run Firefox as a separate limited user
Each year up to 100 new local and remote code execution vulnerabilities in Firefox are found. This is not browser specific, each browser is potentially vulnerable. Running it under your own user ...
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There are multiple TEMP* accounts in \Users\ since switching to a limited account
Ever since I switched my normal Windows 7 user account to a limited account (for some reason, the default is an admin account ◔_◔), there have been multiple TEMP* accounts accumulating in C:\Users. ...
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Is there a way of knowing who the owner of an Explorer window is, and their groups/account rights?
Related question: Opening Explorer shell with admin privileges on XP (with IE7 installed)
Once an Explorer window is opened, how can we tell the difference between one that is running as Admin and ...
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Give admin privilege with a fully limited user windows 7 professional [duplicate]
i by accident made myself into Administrator for networking purposes; this i thought at first wouldn't be a problem but then i noticed.
I am a paranoid person, i have my UAC maxed, so without admin ...
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Windows CHM file only displays images for Administrator
I installed some software on my Windows 2000 machine. The software has a user manual in .CHM format. When I view the manual while logged in as Administrator, everything looks fine. The manual has ...
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Install software with a limited account on Windows XP Home Edition
I am using a limited account for everyday use of Windows XP Home Edition. I have noticed that I could install Google Chrome with this account. How can this be possible? Is there a way to prevent ...
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How to disable access to network shares for one user?
I have a Windows 7 computer with two users. One of them is Administrator the other is limited user.
Limited user should have access to the internet but should not have access to any network shares of ...
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I need a user on an XP machine that has no option but running a single program and logging off
I want to set up a particular user account on a WinXP Pro computer (not part of adomain) who's start menu only has a web browser and the Log Off / Turn Off Computer buttons. I played around with ...
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