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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User

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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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User

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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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User

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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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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User

said by redxii See Profile:

said by toadlife See Profile:

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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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User

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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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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User

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 See Profile :

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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Re: Automatic Updates as a Limited User

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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