Run without admin rights

Hi, My son has a computer with windows 7. He's a limited user and i have admin rights on his computer. Some of the games he's playing requires typing the admin password. Is it any way to configure this so i don't have to give him admin password or admin rights? Br

What happens if you right click on the program icon for the game then check Run as Administrator under the Compatibility tab? I'm guessing it will ask you for the Admin password then and not for future invocations.

Try it and let me know if that works or not.

Hi, I checked the box "change for all users" and typed admin password. Still get same question when starting the game Br

You must be logged on to an administrator account.

Display the System And Security window of Control Panel. In the Action Center subcategory, click Change User Account Control (UAC) Settings.
The User Account Control Settings window opens.

UAC has four levels of control.

• Always notify When a user or program initiates a change that requires administrator credentials, the desktop is dimmed and the User Account Control dialog box opens. You must click Yes or No, or close the dialog box before you can take any other action.
• Notify for programs and dim the desktop This is the default setting. Unlike the Always Notify setting, this setting allows any user to make changes. Program changes are still restricted, however. When a program initiates a change that requires administrator credentials, the desktop dims and the User Account Control dialog box opens. You must respond to the dialog box before you can continue.
• Notify for programs and don’t dim the desktop Any user can make changes. When a program initiates a restricted action, the User Account Control dialog box opens. The restricted action will not be performed until you respond to the dialog box, but you can perform other tasks while the dialog box is open.
• Never notify This is the equivalent of turning off UAC. Any user or program can make any changes to the computer without restriction.

Give your son appropriate rights.
Click above or below the slider, or drag it, to set UAC to the level you want, and then click OK.

arTech

You could also try right clicking on the game icon again and selecting Properties, then click on the Security tab and give Read & Execute and & Read permission to his userid. See what that does.

You could also try right clicking on the game icon again and selecting Properties, then click on the Security tab and give Read & Execute and & Read permission to his userid. See what that does.

No change when giving him Read & Execute and & Read permission on the game

Br

Is it possible to "grant admin access" on certain files or programs?

Hi, Yes its perfectly possible to do this……….providing you know your way around your computer……are a confident and careful computer user, and you have backed up your Registry using for example "Erunt" before you start.
You should also create a new System Restore Point,and make a disc image of your boot drive (using Acronis, Ghost,Paragon etc) or one of the many free disc imaging applications…make sure your disc image is verified and kept safe on removable media……. This way if you may a mistake and render your machine unusable then you will be able to set it back to its working condition.
Needless to say your back up/copy/archive of all your importnat material on the machine should be accurate, up to date, reproducible and also kept safe on remoavable media.

Now with all these thoughts in mind….. here's the details on how you might achieve your objectives:
http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/xprunas.htm

Please be very careful and weigh up, before you start the advantages to be obtained by doing these steps compared with the potential disadvantages.
If you find the information easy and for example are familiar with the calcs command and the syntax to be used..you should be OK….. on the other hand if you are at all unsure then I would consider very carefully if it would be more wise to "leave it be"
Good luck with this
Regards
paws