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by gpeters

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We are currently beginning to rollout windows 2000 professional on the desktops of our companies PC's. While doing some research I came across the "Run As" command as a means of running applications with different logon privaleges.

My questions is, if you use the "Run As" command to sign on with Administrator rights, do you then open the PC and Network up for security issues?

The command sounds very useful, but the reason you do not sign on as an administrator is so that some virus or hacker doesn't wreak complete chaos on your network. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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by tamj123

You use "Run As" command when you need install software that request administrator right, while without logoff the current user.

by gpeters

I know that you use the "Run As" command to sign on with administrative rights. My questions was, does using this command open your network up to security issues.

by tjc

The short answer is yes it opens up problems with security issues, any time you can gain access to Administrator powers there can be problems.

by sritter

You do in a sense open up the PC but one thing to keep in mind is the Run As command only gives Administrator rights for that application or process. So if you Run As Administrator it is not opening up the entire PC but just the command you are executing as Administrator. The rest of the rights are the ones the logged on user has.

by gpeters

Thanks for the help. Makes sense what you said. Not sure why I couldn't think of that. Thanks again.

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