Limited User Account Issues On Startup

So I am very familiar with windows 7 and stuff, and for obvious security reasons I don't want to use a an administrator account just to browse the net and do day to day activities like most people do and then wonder why they have malware.

So I have installed some software from the administrator account that was originally created during install and then I changed that account to a standard user account and created a separate administrator privileged account named admin.

All should be good right? When windows starts up now in the standard user account that I want to use most of the time I need to use my password for certain startup programs like core temp i.e. you have to verify you want to them to run using the administrative password.

What if I don't want to do this? I just want them to run without the password? I tried going in and changing the permissions to allow full control for authenticated users and my standard user account but it still asks for a password on log on.

Is there any way around this?

Thanks in Advance

adn258 said:

...but it still asks for a password on log on.

Is there any way around this?

Thanks in Advance

You want your standard user account to automatically log on without a prompt to enter a password?

Start
Run
control userpasswords2
will take you to a screen where you can remove a check mark. You will be prompted to enter and verify the password.

You could just start the computer as admin and
then switch over to the limted user account.
As said you are asking for trouble turning off
UAC.

Jimmy

adn258 said:

So I am very familiar with windows 7 and stuff, and for obvious security reasons I don't want to use a an administrator account just to browse the net and do day to day activities like most people do and then wonder why they have malware.

I think you're a bit confused. There is no reason to run as a standard user when you are the administrator. Administrators already run as a reduced rights user when UAC is enabled. The only difference between them is that an administrator can elevate his privileges by click the "Ok" box, rather than typing in the password and clicking "Ok".

You need not worry about malware clicking the Ok button for you, as that's not possible in the default configuration. When it goes to a black screen, it runs the dialog in it's own unique "session" that doesn't allow apps running in the normal session to interact with it.

So what value do you see in forcing yourself to type in a password when you want to do administrative tasks?

adn258 said:

What if I don't want to do this? I just want them to run without the password? I tried going in and changing the permissions to allow full control for authenticated users and my standard user account but it still asks for a password on log on.

No. The whole point of a standard user is that you cannot do anything administrative (including accessing hardware, which is what those apps are doing) without the administrator password.

Even if your an them at startup under an administrative user, you'd still be prompted for to agree to the UAC prompt. But at least that's just clicking a button.

There may be a solution, which is to use scheduled tasks to run the application at startup, and then you enter the username and password there. However, this doesn't work for some programs (I haven't been able to get Riva Tuner to work this way because Riva Tuner launches a second application which also needs admin rights, but it does not inherit them from the parent, so it again asks for elevation).

DeVandal said:

adn258 said:

...but it still asks for a password on log on.

Is there any way around this?

Thanks in Advance

You want your standard user account to automatically log on without a prompt to enter a password?

Start
Run
control userpasswords2
will take you to a screen where you can remove a check mark. You will be prompted to enter and verify the password.

He's being prompted for a user name and password to run programs, not to log on.

If you want to enjoy the feasibility of an Administrator's account with reduced privileges, maybe u should learn about the Power User's account. Simply Google the differences between the Power user and the Standard Limited user.