Re: "DropMyRights" slows IE browsing to a crawl
From: Gregg Hill (bogus_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 01/19/05
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 22:13:32 -0800
Vanguard,
Thank you for you response. I had told someone else about this program
yesterday and when I went to demonstrate it today, it flew just as fast as
opening IE normally. That was from my laptop and not my desktop, which is
where I initially tested it (from the desktop).
The only difference I can see is that my desktop is on my SBS 2003 domain,
while the laptop is only in a workgroup. I'll test it on a few more stations
to see if it slows down on anything else. It actually pegs the CPU on my
desktop at about 98% usage every time I load a web page, then it drops to
near zero. Load another page, peg the CPU.
Gregg Hill
"Vanguard" <see_signature> wrote in message
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> "Gregg Hill" <bogus@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> Hello!
>>
>> I came across this file
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncode/html/secure11152004.asp
>> that reduces an administrator's rights when running applications so that
>> the normal user rights apply instead of the less secure admin rights. It
>> is supposed to provide more secure web browsing for users logged in under
>> admin accounts.
>>
>> It is recommended to use it while browsing or using email. I gave it a
>> try and found that it slows web browsing DRASTICALLY. Instead of pages
>> opening in less than one second, some pages take 15 seconds to load. All
>> browsing is VERY slow when IE is started using this application. If I
>> start IE from an un-modified icon, it runs as fast as usual.
>>
>> Anyone out there have experience running this thing without slowdowns?
>>
>> My system is XP Pro SP2 with all Critical Updates, P4 2.0GHz, 512MB RAM,
>> cable modem at 2000/384 speeds.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Gregg Hill
>>
>
>
> I'm not sure why using RunAs wouldn't work just as well. The idea is that
> you run the application under a reduced set of permissions. I would think
> the RunAs command could do that, too.
>
> runas /user:<account> program
>
> Just pick an account that exists that has the reduced permissions that you
> want, like Guest or one you create that is in the restricted Users group.
> I just did this. I created a new account called "baseuser" in the
> restricted Users group (because I have the Guest account disabled) and
> ran:
>
> runas /user:baseuser "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
>
> The full path is needed (so enclose it in quotes due to the embedded
> spaces). The nuisance is using RunAs is that you get prompted for a
> password (and RunAs won't work if the password is blank). Once I executed
> this and IE showed up, I looked in Task Manager and iexplore.exe was
> running under the baseuser account.
>
> Maybe the DropMyRights programs provides additional security but nothing
> popped out to me from its code that indicated it was doing much more than
> executing the program under a different user group to change what
> permissions the program would have when running under that group. The
> only advantage is that you don't have to define an actual account so you
> can use it to define what permissions the application will have.
>
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