"run as administrator" in standard user account

Question

how can I run command prompt as administrator from a standard user account? The "run as" does not appear to work, neither does the CTRL-SHIFT-ENTER trick. I think it is because I am logged in as a standard privilaged account. Is it possoible to "run as administrator" from this type of a restricted account? I have the administrator password, I just need to be prompted somehow.

Solution 1

I figured out that the reason it was not prompting me for the password was because I had all of the other administrator accounts deactivated... so I just had to activate one of the administrator accounts using net user admin /active:yes

Solution 2

If you type

cmd

into the search box after clickining on the Windows Orb, right click on the program and select

Run as Administrator

It will prompt you for the admin password and then start the command processor as admin and in the c:\windows\system32 directory

Solution 3

If you are using Windows XP/2000, then check whether "Run As" or "Secondary Logon" services are started in your system. See this page for more info:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294676

If you are using Windows Vista and if "Run As" does not seem to work, then you can try an app called "ShellRunas":
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/cc300361.aspx

Comments

[Admin]

Which version of Windows?

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one of the tags was Vista, so I assume that

[Kez]

Are you connected to a work domain or is it just a standalone computer?

[swatkat]

The /profile switch can be added if the user profile needs to impersonated as well. Check this link: support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q254094

[7wp]

Actually I figured out that the reason it was not prompting me for the password was because I had all of the other administrator accounts deactivated... so I just had to activate one of the administrator accounts using net user admin /active:yes