:runAsAdmin
I got tired of users calling me and wanting something installed on their PC through internet explorer (eg flash updates) and either having to log off and back on with an elevated account, or run IE (don’t ask) as an administrator.
So, I wrote a little batch file to simplify the process….
mode con[:] [cols=50] [lines=100] ECHO off :MENU COLOR 3 CLS ECHO ....................................................... ECHO RunAsAdmin.bat ECHO ....................................................... ECHO. ECHO (http://bitbucket.org/asnivor/runasadmin) ECHO ....................................................... ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO Enter Account to RunAs (in the form domain\accountname or accountname) ECHO. SET /P U= ECHO. ECHO. ECHO 1 - CMD Prompt ECHO 2 - Services ECHO 3 - Computer Management ECHO 4 - Device Manager ECHO 5 - *Type a command* ECHO 6 - Internet Explorer ECHO. ECHO. ECHO 0 - EXIT ECHO. SET /P M=Type number then press ENTER: IF %M%==1 GOTO CMD IF %M%==2 GOTO SERVICES IF %M%==3 GOTO COMPUTERMANAGEMENT IF %M%==4 GOTO DEVICEMANAGER IF %M%==5 GOTO TYPECOMMAND IF %M%==6 GOTO IE IF %M%==0 GOTO EOF :CMD COLOR 6 runas /user:%U% "cmd.exe" GOTO MENU :SERVICES COLOR 6 runas /user:%U% "mmc services.msc" GOTO MENU :COMPUTERMANAGEMENT COLOR 6 runas /user:%U% "mmc compmgmt.msc" GOTO MENU :DEVICEMANAGER COLOR 6 runas /user:%U% "mmc devmgmt.msc" GOTO MENU :TYPECOMMAND COLOR 6 CLS SET /P A=Type command then press ENTER: runas /user:%U% "%A%" GOTO MENU :IE COLOR 6 runas /user:%U% "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" GOTO MENU :EOF EXIT
I’ve added a few more things to it (such as access to Device Manager, Computer Management etc) and it’s easily customisable so do what you like with it :)