Re: Vista, Domain Adminstration, & MMCs

Hi Justin,

I had the same frustration when I used RUNAS. I learned I need to set my
regular domain account as Local User, and then run one of the MMC once to put
it right above "All Programs", and then be able to use RUNAS as the way in
XP.
I CAN'T use RUNAS if the MMC is in "All Programs\Administrative Tools\".

After I prompted my regular domain account to Local Administrator group, I
CAN"T even use RUNAS as I described in the above.

One more thing I am not sure is "by design" or my stupidity is, at home, I
need to enable SSID boradcast to get my wireless card to detect my home
wireless netwrok. While I was on XP, I can disable SSID boradcast and enter
it manually along with WEP key to get connected. Has anyone experienced that?
THanks.


"Justin" wrote:

> That does not work!!
>
> If I tell it to "Run as Administrator", it runs it as a LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR.
>
> That does not help if you need to authenticate as a
> DOMAIN\ENTERPRISE\EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATOR. Our new corporate policy is that no
> one is allowed to run interactively (unless that is the only option) as an
> Domain\Etc. Admin. This is "Best Practices" from MS!
>
> So what is MS going to do for us? Make Admins run WinXP?
>
> I am sorry if my tone upsets anyone, but I spent 8hrs today beating my head
> into the wall today trying to get this to work!
>
> "Josh" wrote:
>
> > runas doesn't get you a new token, hokey and we buged it but came back as
> > "by design" the best way is to right click a shortcut or setup one up to
> > run as admin.
> >
> > --
> > Josh
> > http://windowsconnected.com
> > "Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C89AD702-6104-4394-874E-BC03C9058766@microsoft.com...
> > > We are currently implementing the "best practice" method for those of us
> > > who
> > > administer the domain (run with standard accounts, use separate accounts
> > > with
> > > domain\exchange admin rights when needed), but in Vista, we cannot figure
> > > out
> > > how to run a MMC Console as our admin accounts. When we do a RUNAS
> > > /user:domain\adminaccount "MMC.exe mgmtconsole.msc", we get the following
> > > error "740: The requested operation requires elevation". This also happens
> > > when I run it from an elevated command prompt.
> >