Stopping standard user actions using run as admin

[Guest Geylan]

I would like to use regedit as well as find a way to turn off that family

safety reminder/viewing on a standard account. But everytime I use the "run

as admin" it does it to that "admin" account not the standard account user.

Is there a way to run admin like actions such as stop change of desktop,

icons, delete temp,history,etc for a standard user? I know i have to run as

admin but that only lets me change "admin" accounts settings.

Also I would like to install a game under this standard account but it puts

all the files, folders, into my admin account not the standard account user.

I found that out as I was trying to run the game under standard account.

I just basically want to protect the standard user without using gpedit.msc

(can't find it anymore) But would rather use the regedit changes to the

standard user but I can't run regedit as standard user so I must use run as

admin but it does not change the standard user settings but my own. I found

out one day when I made changes and I couldn't do much in my admin account.

I have 1 admin and 2 standard for me and my 13 year old cousin who stays

with me.

Thank you for your time.

[Guest John Bryntze]

Confusing, I think you are doing it the wrong way, could explain again what

you really want and do it in format

1. Have normal account bu tonly play games

2. Admin elevate without prompt

3. Games to run as... yada yada

4. yada yada

 

To answer your question about regedit

In Registry you have the machine part who is the same for everyone and only

Administrators can change there default.

Then you have the user part that is saved into ntuser.dat in each users

profile.

If you run regedit as an Administrator yo are correct, if you change in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER it will be the administrators part of registry and not the

normal user, but if you look under HKEY_USERS you will find the User SID on

this computer and you can change, an example for a SID is

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-823518204-1580818891-682003330-4735 but it is unique for

the machine and under there you can change for your users as an

administrator.

But this is not a problem because default a user can change in their own

HKCU and if the problem is to start regedit you can go around it as the

normal user start a command prompt (cmd) and in there type:

reg /?

and you see the syntax to change

for example

reg add HKCU\Software\Bryntze

adds a key named Bryntze...

 

"Geylan" <Geylan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:BA6A584A-57A8-4929-B324-6690C624CF07@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue">

>I would like to use regedit as well as find a way to turn off that family

> safety reminder/viewing on a standard account. But everytime I use the

> "run

> as admin" it does it to that "admin" account not the standard account

> user.

> Is there a way to run admin like actions such as stop change of desktop,

> icons, delete temp,history,etc for a standard user? I know i have to run

> as

> admin but that only lets me change "admin" accounts settings.

> Also I would like to install a game under this standard account but it

> puts

> all the files, folders, into my admin account not the standard account

> user.

> I found that out as I was trying to run the game under standard account.

> I just basically want to protect the standard user without using

> gpedit.msc

> (can't find it anymore) But would rather use the regedit changes to the

> standard user but I can't run regedit as standard user so I must use run

> as

> admin but it does not change the standard user settings but my own. I

> found

> out one day when I made changes and I couldn't do much in my admin

> account.

> I have 1 admin and 2 standard for me and my 13 year old cousin who stays

> with me.

> Thank you for your time. </span>

[Guest Geylan]

I have family safety thingy turned on by default on standard accounts.

Everytime they login they get that "reminder" to check activity. And they

have to call me so I can enter the password and "ran as admin" but it doesn't

turn it off for the standard account.

 

Try to set up a family safety on a standard account with service pack 1. You

will get a icon in sys tray that makes you run it as admin to change things

but it wont change it for the standard user. I tried to make that account

admin just to turn it off but can't work because admin over ride that safety.

 

Also when I install games as standard user (kid games) using run as They

can't run them at all because it needs the admin token. And it places all the

folders into the admin game folders not the standard users.

 

I also want to prevent standard users from deleting temp/history/etc in a

standard user account but when I try as run regedit I can't change the

settings in regedit because it does it to the admin. Also I can't find

gpedit.msc anymore. I used to use this method using permissions. Back in xp

days.

 

All I want is to change things in a standard user account instead of my

admin account and I cannot do this because it changes my admin account

because of the token.

 

I'm sure many parents go through this and think run as well help them but it

only makes changes in admin. Is there a way to get a standard user token with

admin permissions so I can make these changes? So far I had to restore my pc

back over and over because of my cousin keeps messing things because to play

their games I have to get that admin token and therefore messes up my account.

 

"John Bryntze" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> Confusing, I think you are doing it the wrong way, could explain again what

> you really want and do it in format

> 1. Have normal account bu tonly play games

> 2. Admin elevate without prompt

> 3. Games to run as... yada yada

> 4. yada yada

>

> To answer your question about regedit

> In Registry you have the machine part who is the same for everyone and only

> Administrators can change there default.

> Then you have the user part that is saved into ntuser.dat in each users

> profile.

> If you run regedit as an Administrator yo are correct, if you change in

> HKEY_CURRENT_USER it will be the administrators part of registry and not the

> normal user, but if you look under HKEY_USERS you will find the User SID on

> this computer and you can change, an example for a SID is

> HKEY_USERSS-1-5-21-823518204-1580818891-682003330-4735 but it is unique for

> the machine and under there you can change for your users as an

> administrator.

> But this is not a problem because default a user can change in their own

> HKCU and if the problem is to start regedit you can go around it as the

> normal user start a command prompt (cmd) and in there type:

> reg /?

> and you see the syntax to change

> for example

> reg add HKCUSoftwareBryntze

> adds a key named Bryntze...

>

> "Geylan" <Geylan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:BA6A584A-57A8-4929-B324-6690C624CF07@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green">

> >I would like to use regedit as well as find a way to turn off that family

> > safety reminder/viewing on a standard account. But everytime I use the

> > "run

> > as admin" it does it to that "admin" account not the standard account

> > user.

> > Is there a way to run admin like actions such as stop change of desktop,

> > icons, delete temp,history,etc for a standard user? I know i have to run

> > as

> > admin but that only lets me change "admin" accounts settings.

> > Also I would like to install a game under this standard account but it

> > puts

> > all the files, folders, into my admin account not the standard account

> > user.

> > I found that out as I was trying to run the game under standard account.

> > I just basically want to protect the standard user without using

> > gpedit.msc

> > (can't find it anymore) But would rather use the regedit changes to the

> > standard user but I can't run regedit as standard user so I must use run

> > as

> > admin but it does not change the standard user settings but my own. I

> > found

> > out one day when I made changes and I couldn't do much in my admin

> > account.

> > I have 1 admin and 2 standard for me and my 13 year old cousin who stays

> > with me.

> > Thank you for your time. </span>

> </span>