Windows 7: Use "Run as administrator" with UAC disabled

UAC won't stop other users from installing programs, they will just get prompted, and can click yes anyway. You would have to give them a "standard user" account instead of an administrator account to restrict what they can do.

What exactly is this password for? I assumed you have a Registry hack that requires an Admin password to approve something in order to proceed.



I understand it would have to be a standard User account for it to need Admin to allow changes, as an Admin would allow it anyway. But then what is the password for? Confuddling

OK, fair enough. I have no way of knowing if "run as admin" works or not, I've never had to use it. Are both of your accounts members of the administrators group? If one of them is only a standard user that would explain why you need it.

The password would be the password for the built in administrator account. Mine actually has one because I enabled it and set a password. His instructions tell you to do the same thing in the first couple of steps.

So this is a password to continue beyond User Account prompt which no longer appears?

The password you have to enter is the password for an admin account (doesn't need to be the built in admin account, any other admin account works too). You will have to enter it running a standard user account and using my "Run as administrator" if the console asks for the password. You have to enter this password every time you use my "Run as administrator". You could expand the registry string i changed with the admins password, but it would stay there in clear text then...
Its like the normal "Run as administrator". But the normal "Run as administrator" works with UAC enabled only. I hope its clear now

You know, you can have UAC on for standard users and off for Admin users, right?
Keeping UAC on you also get the benefits of the built in process sandbox, IE and Chrome both use.

OK, thanks for the tip. I'll try

Update: I finally got it working. The problem ist that i can't use the built in administrator account that way, because that account is hidden. My way works with every (admin) account. Anyway thanks!

You can, but I can't. I'm running Home premium, no group policy editor.

I don't have Home premium. But don't you even have the file "C:\Windows\System32\secpol.msc"?? That would do the trick. I know you don't have "gpedit.msc", but its not the same, right?