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Friday, August 15, 2008 2:17 AM

The Return of PrivBar (x86 and x64)

PrivBar and MakeMeAdmin suddenly disappeared a few weeks ago. They're back, and PrivBar is now available for x64 too.
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 3 Comments
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Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:29 AM

Scripting Elevation on Vista

Since RunAs.exe won't run a program elevated, is there a way to trigger an elevation prompt from a script?
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 29 Comments
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Friday, June 29, 2007 11:20 PM

FAQ: Why can’t I bypass the UAC prompt?

Why Vista is better off without setuid or sudo.
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 13 Comments
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Thursday, June 28, 2007 2:28 PM

And so this is Vista…

What becomes of all my earlier non-admin tips, tricks and recommendations vis-à-vis RunAs, MakeMeAdmin, PrivBar and their interactions with IE and Explorer? The short answer is that Vista changes just about everything with respect to running with least privilege.
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 24 Comments
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 9:49 PM

Follow-up on "Setting color for *all* CMD shells based on admin/elevation status"

Improvements on my earlier post about setting color and title for CMD (and PowerShell) windows, based on admin/elevation status
Posted by Aaron Margosis | 11 Comments
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Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:44 PM

Setting color for *all* CMD shells based on admin/elevation status

How to automatically set the color and title of *all* CMD shells based on admin/elevation status with a one-time, one-line configuration change to your system.
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