Re: log on with admin. rights, but in limited account?

should i run the norton's as administrator...or AOL? i've tried to use the
"run as" but i keep getting the same error message. it doesn't make sense
that in order for me to add accounts, they all need to be set up as
administrators.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To run with administrator privileges in a limited account, you right click
> the file you intend to run and choose "run as", then enter the admin
> username and password. The elevated privileges will apply only to that
> process and will cease once terminated.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "vtt516" <vtt516@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9D1CB434-B121-4F8F-AA1C-F75C2F60BA64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have Norton's Internet Security 2006. In order to the personal firewall
> >to
> > allow AOL to connect it must be configured. The account is a limited user
> > account. I need to be logged on with administrator access but still be a
> > limited user. I read somewhere about a "secondary logon" that would allow
> > me
> > to be in a limited user account and yet still be able to log on with my
> > admin. rights. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am unsure of how
> > to
> > configure the norton's and yet still have my brother set up with limited
> > use.
> >
>
>
>
.

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