Windows 10: Port Registration / Standard User

Is there a work around to allow a user to register ports on the local machine without having full local administrator privileges?

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USB Port Oddities


Ok, let's see it with pictures step-by-step. First right-click on the USB device and select Update driver software:





Then select Browse my computer for driver software (LAST option) :





The select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer (LAST option) :





Then select the standard driver from the list and click next:





Click next/OK as required to complete installation. Repeat the steps for all Intel USB devices. Finally click on each USB root device and press DEL to delete it, reply YES when asked. After deleting all USB root devices restart the computer.

I hope this is detailed enough...

 

Stuck as standard user

Hi,

Since your account is recognized as a standard user account, you can follow the steps below to change a user account type on Settings:

• Press Windows key + I on your keyboard to open the Settings app.
• Click on Accounts and select Family & other people.
• Under people, select the user account, and click Change account type.
• Select Administrator from the drop down menu, then click
  OK.

Let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards.

 

UAC & standard users with additional privileges

I am marking this problem as solved. The problem was:

Allow a standard user to enable/disable a network without having to enter a password every time.

My solution for Windows 7 was:

1. Add the standard user to the "Network Configuration Operators" group.
2. Login as the standard user.
3. Create a shortcut to the network adapter.
4. Right-click on the shortcut to see or change the state of the network adapter.

I have received many useful and instructive suggestions on Tenforums. Based on those suggestions,
here's my solution for Windows 10:

1. Add the standard user to the "Network Configuration Operators" group.
2. Login as the standard user.
3. In a cmd window, run this command
netsh interface show interface
to learn the name of the network adapter.
4. Run Task Scheduler using the password of the standard user.
5. Create two shortcuts in accordance with Option 2 in this tutorial:
Elevated Shortcut without UAC - TenForumsTutorials
-- at Step 3, name the shortcuts something like “EnableLAN” and “DisableLAN”
-- at Step 7, in the Program/script field, type netsh
-- at Step 8, into the Add arguments field, type
interface set interface "name of network adapter" admin=enable
(Make the last element “disable” for the second task.)
-- at Step 14, name the shortcuts something like “Turn LAN On” and “Turn LAN Off”
6. Press the Win + R keys to open the Run dialog, type ncpa.cpl into Run, and click OK to open the Network Connections window. Keep this window open on your desktop to see the state of the network adapter. The color of the icon reflects the state of the adapter.
7. Click on one or the other of the two newly-created shortcuts to change the state of the network adapter. A cmd window briefly flashes on the screen. This can be eliminated using the procedure mentioned by Try3 in a previous post, if desired.

The solution for Windows 10 is much more cumbersome than the solution for Windows 7. I have to stop using Windows 7 due to the end of Microsoft support, and this is not the first time that I find Windows 10 to be less user friendly than Windows 7.

Thanks, again, to all who have kindly given me help and advice