Recent content by radsdau

MCSE = Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (or Solutions Expert, depending on who you ask). I guess it's an older certification MS did. Thanks for the link to that page!

That makes sense, thanks for the description. Is that part of MCSE training? I've not come across it before (obviously). Should it have 'no password'?

How do you propose using the main user account as 'Standard' and still being able to administer the system, without having an Administrator account?

I made a fresh Win11 install yesterday (upgrade from Win10), all updates, etc. The feature described above does not work for me. I have UAC set to Highest Local account is a 'Standard' user Built-in Administrator user is enabled with PW I did precisely the same action on the same machine in...

Helpful info from this page: "The recommended and more secure method of running Windows 10 or Windows 11 is to make your primary user account a standard user account. Running as a standard user helps to maximize security for a managed environment. With the built-in UAC elevation component...

Non negotiable. Requirements of dealing with government contractors.

Thank you, yes this is correct. I don't expect to see any differences, but I can't do admin tasks in 11 like I can in 10, hence this post. As far as you know, it should behave the same? If so there's a setting different somewhere, and I'll post when I find it. It'd be great to get a Windows dev...

Not true, we use this all the time. That's what UAC is about. You get a chance to 'be administrator' for a specific action, but of course you need to know the Admin user's credentials.

No, you missed what I was saying. Our security policies (and security program membership) mandate that "local users CANNOT be Administrators". Technically of course you can, but it's not a secure way of administering a lot of machines and users, and controlling what can be done by them.

If you need to enter an Admin password, then it's as good as being logged in as an Admin user, but far more convenient. Imagine administering a *nix system without being able to use 'sudo'.

Interesting. Exactly that scenario is what does NOT work for me, and is what I regularly use. I'll have to dig in a bit deeper. Yes, Pro for all Windows versions.

Thanks all. But the point is, standard security measures mandate that local users CANNOT be Administrators. We ran like this for years, but now a recent security membership mandates a bunch of changes, this being a non-negotiable. The in-built Admin account is enabled and UAC set to High, to...

It seems anywhere I look in Win11 forums I see "you need to log in from an Administrator account" to do anything useful as an Admin. It seems a fundamental difference from Win10, where at least it was possible to do most Admin tasks in a reasonable manner (other than Win-R, then...

This is an interesting general comment. On some of our PCs browsing by name doesn't work (IP only), and I haven't been able to work out what the difference is. Of course manually hacking hosts is one way of doing it, but it's a bit hands-on. Where can I find more detail about this?

Win+x opens the Power User Menu, of which Device Manager can be accessed. In Win10, if you hold Ctrl+Shift when you click Device manager, it starts as Administrator. In Win11, Ctrl-Shift doesn't work, and you can't run as Administrator. Workaround: To run Device Manager as Administrator...