> Hi Charlie, Thanks you seem to be the only person replying.
> This is what I mean,
> I want to pin an Icon to the sart menu that once clicked logs me out of my
> user account and into the Hidden administrators account without a logon
> screen both at sart up and when effectivly switching users.
>
> I have the adminstrators account enabled at the moment but it created a
> logon screen at start up and I want this disabled. I also want my comp to
> start up in my user account as I dont need to used the administrators
> account
> all the time and I like the UAC facility.
> I enable the administrators account by going into a command promp and
> typing
> Net user administrator /active:yes
>
> This has given me what I have described above...so I now need a shortcut
> that would effectively do this and logoff and login automatically without
> the
> need for a login screen.
> Similarly I would need a shortcut in the Administrators account that could
> reverse the effect.
> In order to close the administrators account I have to open a command
> prompt
> an type
> Net user administrator /active:no
> I have taken off the password as is it not needed.
>
> So what do you think...is it possible?
> One Icon on the Start menu that logs out of my user account and into to
> hidden administrators account automatically and visa versa
> Should be, there must be some DOS guys out there!!!
>
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
>
>> certainly. Not that this is anything specific to 64-bit.
>>
>> Pick the program you want to run as administrator. Personally, I make
>> mine a
>> PowerShell prompt, but use CMD or whatever. Create an icon for it on your
>> desktop. Right click the Icon, select Properties, click Compatibility,
>> check
>> "Run this program as an administrator". Voila!. Now, any program you
>> start
>> from that program will also run as adminstrator.
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64>>
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel>>
>>
>> "Eskimosound" <Eskimosound[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6CA58F10-5B32-4F55-ABA2-EF01DF14EF73[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Is there a way to access the Administrator account from my normal user
>> > account.
>> > It seems that every so often I have to be logged on as administrator to
>> > do
>> > something or another.
>> > So I have to go through the process of creating a command prompt and
>> > logging
>> > on and off.
>> > Is there a way that I can just click on an icon from within my user
>> > account
>> > and it will log into the Administrator account...without me having a
>> > crumby
>> > login welcome screen?
>> > (Yep I am talking about the Hidden Administrators account in Vista
>> > Ultimate
>> > 64bit)
>>