Windows 10: Privileged Functionality as a Standard User?

I have performed an initial logon as a standard user. When I check my info under Windows Settings it indicates I am an administrator. I no longer have to authenticate to perform privileged functions. I want to be able to logon as standard user and authenticate to execute privileged functions. I used to be able to work that way but now I just click "yes" to continue and I automatically authenticate as an admin. Don't want this. How do I set the system back to my desired mode of operations? Thank you.

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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

 

UAC & standard users with additional privileges

I know Everyone includes a standard user. A standard user's highest privileges are those of a standard user.

The OP needs a standard user to access the highest privileges of an admin user - hence the need to declare an admin user in the TS task definition instead of Everyone & to use the logged on or not property.

Or have you demonstrated otherwise? I have not tested a standard user with Everyone for at least two years.

Denis

 

UAC & standard users with additional privileges

The OP needs a std user to be able to run it as admin. How does that relate to 'Everyone'? Surely 'Everyone' would recognise & run with whatever standard user account was logged in so would be running with the highest privileges available to that account i.e. standard user account privileges

Denis