Questions tagged [administrative-privileges]

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Run a PowerShell script once on all computers as admin via GPO without changing execution policy

I have a PowerShell script that I need to run once on all computers in my Active Directory domain. A large number of computers are off at any given time, so a GPO would allow us to ensure that it applies to all affected machines. However, the script…
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Alert when Admin logs into Azure

I setup an Office365/Azure tenancy for a small charity I help. I am keen to setup automated reporting that sends an email when someone logs in as an admin account (i.e with a particular role or group). The main things I am trying to achieve…
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How does Windows establish whether application makes changes to device

For applications that trigger the UAC ("Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device" dialog), which are the characteristics that are detected by Windows in order to decide to trigger UAC? Consider that "Run this program as an…
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add local users to GPP managed groups

I (hopefully:) understand the usage of GPP management of restricted groups. I do it with Item-Level targetting but have one problem which I have no clue why it is not working. When using Local Group Member dialog box I can link any domain user I…
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Windows 11 home/ Win 10 Pro. How to prevent standard users from installing software?

It seems that I cannot prevent a standard account from installing software. I tried that on windows 10 Pro and on Windows 11 home. I have a problem similar to this here. But the admin popup did not even show up in my case. Editing the registry or…
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Running Powershell scripts pushed from AD GPO as admin on domain computers

Needed some help getting a simple task done at work. I have about 30 machines in my work domain that i want to run a power-shell script on at startup. I have created a GPO that runs the script on all machines at startup and all machines have the GPO…
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EXCHANGE and MAPI : domain admins not allowed

I can't configure Outlook 2013 with Exchange 2016 as domain admin, it asks me for password, i nter it and reask as well. No problem with users, only with Administrators (Builtin, domain admins...) Is it a normal behavior? Is it possible to bypass…
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running batch file as administrator privilege in clients with gpo(scripts/logon)

I want to run a batch file on all my domain clients via gpo(scripts/logon), but the problem is that to run a batch file, administrator privilege is required. I wanted to know is there any command or script to put the username and password of the…
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Granting full global domain admin rights to license reseller?

We are buying Microsoft 365 licenses and the reseller is requesting full global domain admin rights in order to administer the licenses. I'm thinking, "no way in Hello Kitty", but maybe I'm being unrealistic. Is this a normal request? Is there a…
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Run cmd command as admin through the pipe

I find myself in a bit of a weird situation and I'm hoping someone would be able to advise for me. I have a tool, RMM datto, which allows myself to run commands to all machines on the domain. I'm looking to run an uninstaller on the device, this…
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How to re-apply original inherited permissions to files created while being administrator?

I hope someone can answer this once and for all, this is driving me mad for months now. Platform: Windows Server, any version. This problem doesn't happen on a workstation. Problem: In a folder, whenever I create files while being Administrator…
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