UAC--start up manager

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I have 3 user accounts on my computer, admin, snazzzzzz (that I use for surfing the web) and a guest account.

 

On my snazzzzzz and guest account I tried to limit the the number of start up processes from starting up using the start up Manager feature of norton, I was expecting to get a "you need admin rights" window to pop up so that I could type in my admin password to grant permission but all I get is a pop up window stating I'm not the admin and an OK for acknowledgement ...that's all, is the start up manager inaccessible  from a non admin account?

 

Running Vista Home SP 2 64 bit

n360 v 5.1.0.29

 

Thanks

 

Snazzzzzz

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I'm not in VISTA but I think you can try this:

 

Click on START

 

Type msconfig in the search box and when the results popup with msconfig.exe (at the top?) Right Mouse Click on that entry and select Run as Administrator and you will have the extented privileges in a limited account (for that run?)

 

That works in Windows 7 ....

 

Please let us know and if it doesn't someone in VISTA should be able to help you.

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Hugh

 

Thanks for your reply I had actually did that on my PC  I was able to delay or disable some of the start up Items long before I even had Norton, I was on my wife's computer and doing some tweaking on her's, she also has 3 accounts I just  used my name accounts.    

 

I was just wondering if the start up manager was inaccessible from  limited accounts in general?

 

Thanks.

 

Snazzzzzz

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snazzzzzz

 

Not one of the areas I play in because I tend to shoot myself in the foot. That said I do think that the basic policy of the OS limits access to almost everything that can crash the system when you are a 'normal' user. At work it takes special permission to even load a program on your workstation.

Hope this helps

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What heppens if you go the Start button route to msconfig.exe and left mouse click on it? Does it open from their in a limited account? You might check out the VISTA Help file? And look in Control Panel to see if there's a route to it via one of the groups when you use the Classic Icon view of Control Panel?

 

I was under the impression that Windows was pretty tolerant to access to Startup

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Dick

 

Point taken, but I use a limited account to surf the web to add an extra layer of potection I've been surfing the web this way for years so when I'm denied access to something, after I grant permission (although in this case I was being denied outright) I like to know why ? smileywink:     I suspect that the AV itself denieis access to sensitive areas such as the start up manager, registry

as part of its tamper resistant properties when trying to access those areas from a limited account if so than I'm cool with that.    I just would like to know why?  If there is a reason why then I can file it away in my limited knowledge base.

 

If only OS denied registry cleaners access (which most individuals use to clean up their PC's) it results in doing the exact opposite registry cleaners are brainless it just wipes out entries in the registry that other apps. use in order to make them run properly.   Many problems that folks have are usually a direct  result to a registry cleaner being used.  PC imbalanced performance is not worth saving more space, that's just my opinion.

 

Snazzzzzz

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Hugh

 

Yes, getting into msconfig is no problem and yes I can stop startup processes from there. I was curious if Norton denies access to its startup manager feature from   a limited account?

 

Thanks.

 

Snazzzzzz

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I've never tried to use the StartUp Manager in NIS .... it's since my time <g> I must have a look at it.