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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User
said by redxii  : XP Home users cannot use the builtin Administrator account except in Safe Mode. Excellent post, but I think the above *might* be wrong. If you press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice at the logon screen, the classic logon screen will come up and you can log in as administrator.
This works in XP pro, and it might very well work in XP home too. Can someone here with XP Home tell me if it works or try it out with XP Home? |
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| said by toadlife :This works in XP pro, and it might very well work in XP home too. Can someone here with XP Home tell me if it works try it out with XP Home? Having used Home, and having tried it, I am correct in that you cannot do it that way either. It says something about being restricted. I can't give a verbatim error message since I use XP Pro now.
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No, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del twice, will not work in XP Home as it does in XP Pro. That admin account can only be accessed in SafeMode
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| The solution to that would be to simply create a second admin account in XP home. There are some things that you just can't do using runas...changing your network connection settings (try and change your IP address using runas  ) is one of them. |
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1 edit | said by toadlife :changing your network connection settings (try and change your IP address using runas ) is one of them. I launch a command prompt as admin, then type "control panel". Voila, a control panel where everything will run as admin  Including Network Connections.
Yeah, XP Home users will have to create an admin user.
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| said by redxii :said by toadlife :changing your network connection settings (try and change your IP address using runas ) is one of them. I launch a command prompt as admin, then type "control panel". Voila, a control panel where everything will run as admin Including Network Connections. Yeah, XP Home users will have to create an admin user. Oh crap! I didn't know there was a command to launch control panel from the command line. 
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| Here's that error Home Edition will give, if anyone is interested.
If I do so happen to find a way around it without using Safe Mode, i'll be sure to post it but it isn't of much priority. |
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toadlife
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Lemoore, CA | I have a feeling this might be fixable by tweaking a some local security policy option.
I don't have an XP Home CD avialable to me...just pro, so I can't investigate.  |
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said by toadlife :The solution to that would be to simply create a second admin account in XP home. There are some things that you just can't do using runas...changing your network connection settings (try and change your IP address using runas ) is one of them. Weird because on my laptop that had XP Home on it, I can log in as the Administrator account and it just works. |
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| You must be doing this in safe mode, as XP Home does not let you log on using the Administrator account in normal mode. This is one of many reasons why I hate XP Home and use XP Pro instead.
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