2003 server - Saturday, March 1, 2008 4:41 - 0 Comments

Admin Command Console

I run my main workstation as an ordinary domain user, but I frequently need to perform administrator tasks with it too…

I run my main workstation as an ordinary domain user, but I frequently need to perform administrator tasks with it too. So here’s what I do. I create a shortcut with the following target:

runas /user:domainAdministrator “cmd.exe /t:17 /k cd %systemroot%system32”

Then I drag this shortcut to the All Programs | Startup folder on my Start menu. Then when I log on to my machine in the morning, a black and white command prompt window opens prompting me for my admin password, and once I enter it a new BLUE and white command prompt opens with System32 as the current directory. I leave this command prompt running on my desktop so that any time I need to run an admin tool I simply type it into the command window, for example typing mmc compmgmt.msc opens Computer Management using admin credentials.

Of course, when I’m not at my admin workstation I lock the desktop!

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