Windows 10: Giving a non-admin user permenant administrative access to a single program in windows 10.

Hi, I recently downloaded a program and installed it with the permission and sign in of my administrator on my computer, however, we found out that you need to give permission every single time you want to use it, which is very tedious. I was wondering if there was a way to basically let my administrator sign in once so that it can open it the rest of the time without them having to sign in every single time I try to open it.


Help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Matthew

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net user administrator /active:no keeps saying access denied.

Hi Rebekah,

It's possible that you're not using an elevated command prompt, causing the Access Denied error. We suggest following these steps to properly disable the built-in administrator account:

• Right-click the Start button.
• Choose Command Prompt (Admin).
• Copy and paste net user Administrator /active:no and press
  Enter. If the command isn't successful, please post a screenshot so that we can study it further.

Let us know if you're able to hide the administrator account after following these steps.

 

Windows 10 Administrator's Permission Needed. I AM THE ONLY USER!

Hi Quinton,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

I understand your concern that you are unable to play the game Civilization IV Gold Edition after upgrade to Windows 10, we will help you with this issue.

Please do let us know the following information to understand the issue and assist you better:

• As you have already created new user account, have you tried to log-in with that account and access the game?
• Is this issue confined only to the specific game?

I suggest you to try few of the below steps and check if it helps:

Step 1: I suggest you to check the number of user accounts created on your laptop and also to ascertain the administrator account.

• Press Windows + R key together on your desktop screen.
• Type netplwiz and hit Enter.

Step 2: Enable Built-in administrator.

I suggest you to enable built-in administrator account, try to log-in with that account and access the game to check if there is any issues with the current user account.

• Press Windows + X key together on your desktop screen.
• Click on Command Prompt (admin) to open
  Command Prompt.
• Type the following command and hit Enter: net user administrator /active: yes
  (Check for the spaces)
• Now log off from the current user and try to login to the administrator account that is enabled.
  

Note: Please follow the same steps and type net user administrator /active: no to disable admin account after the troubleshooting is done.

Hope it helps. Try the above troubleshooting steps, reply to the post with an updated status of this issue and required information. We will be happy to assist you accordingly.

 

give standard user access to admin program Windows 10 Pro

The task is a seemingly simple one, conceptually. I, as the administrator, want to give access to a specific user, with standard access, to a specific program. It should be easy, shouldn't it?

Actually, no, it's not a simple task because it attempts to break the security model for operating systems. Let me explain:

A user account that has Administrator permissions can make changes that affect the entire computer. A user account that has Standard (or 'User') permissions can only make changes that affect their own account.

Programs that can make changes that affect the entire computer need to be run from an account with Administrator permissions. A Standard account does not have that ability and you can't give it that ability because that goes against the whole idea of a Standard
account.

In order for a Standard user to run a program that needs Administrator permissions, the Standard user needs to right-click on the program's shortcut and select 'Run as Administrator.' The Standard user will then be prompted for the password to an Administrator
account. That allows the Standard user to run only that program with Administrator permissions, and only that one time.

But in order to do that, the Standard user has to know the password to an Administrator account. No password, no can do. If it were any simpler every hacker from here to Timbuktu would be on it.