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Burning CD/DVDs as unprivileged user

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:26:50 +0000

After the last reinstallation of Windows (both at home and at work), I decided that from this day forth, I’d be working as unprivileged user (ie not as local administrator). Now, working as unprivileged user is some kind of relief (since not every program is able to wreak havoc within your computer), but also somewhat of a burden.

Up until now, I had serious troubles burning CDs and/or DVDs as unprivileged user. Basically InfraRecorder refused to work at all. Only way that I had left, was copying the ISO to my local disk and then use runas in conjunction with InfraRecorder, to execute as Administrator.

Windows: Running msconfig as non privileged user

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:38:38 +0000

Well, the title is kinda misleading since you need administrator privileges to run msconfig in it’s full scope. But this is just a hint to myself on how to execute msconfig without logging out and then logging in as administrator.

`1`	`runas /user:Administrator C:WINDOWSpchealthhelpctrbinariesmsconfig.exe`

Connecting to a remote console with MSTSC 6-0-6001

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:02:00 +0000

Well, as one can read in about every damn post you can find for that topic, the /console switch is now silently ignored, as well as the rdp file option " connect to console:i:1".

Now, what you don’t find anywhere (only in some scenario explanation), that it is allowed to specify the mode (ie /console previously and now /admin) within the full address parameter.

Scenario: In the RDC client UI, you specify Computer_name /console in the Computer box (where Computer_name represents the name of the remote computer to which you want to connect), and then click Connect.