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Old 10-22-2008, 07:54 AM   #4 (permalink)
silvergs
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OS: Vista Home Edition SP1

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Re: I need to automatically launch a command window on reboot with admin priveleges..

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Originally Posted by jay2 View Post
Hey,

Now here we go.

Log on as an admin, click the Start button, type Task Scheduler in the Start Search box, and press [Enter].
Once Task Scheduler is up and running, you can create a new task for your UAC restricted program.

In order to schedule a task to run CMD at startup, begin by clicking the Create Task item in the Actions panel. When the Create Task dialog box appears, you’ll assign the task a name in the Name box and type a description in the Description box.
At the top of the Security Options panel, you should see your administrative user account.

Next, select the Run With Highest Privileges check box and leave all the other settings in the default configuration.

Now, you’ll need to configure an Event Trigger. To do so, select the Trigger tab and then click the New button. When you see the New Trigger dialog box, select At Log On from the Begin The Task dropdown. Select the Specific User or Group option. Leave all the other settings in the default configuration and click OK.

At this point, you’ll specify CMD/Folding@Home as the Action. To do so, select the Action tab and then click the New button. When you see the New Action dialog box, click the Browse button and locate the needed file (CMD/Folding at home if there is a way of launching that ?). If you look at the shortcut for CMD/F@H, does it include any argument? If so you type them in the Add Arguments box. Leave all the other settings in the default configuration and click OK.

Now Restart your PC
Hi Jay, thanks for the feedback!

One question - regarding your first piont to log on as the administrator. When I installed Vista I only setup one account - I forget what type of account it was. Is it correct to assume that the account I setup (using my name as the login name) is the administrator account?

I know that logged on as the account I created, I can install programs at will (ofcourse the UAC window always pops up) without any issues.

Please clarify this for me. Thanks!
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