How can I allow a standard user to run a program with admin rights without prompting for a password
Thanks to: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/ Basically, what you need to do is: 1) Move the Application to a folder outside "Program Files". E.g. make a folder named "User Apps" or something like this. 2) Select the app folder properties (by clicking with right mouse button on it), go to "security" tab and press "edit" to change its permissions. 3) Press "Add" and enter the name of the user you want to run the app. Press ok. 4) In "Permissions for -user name-" box, mark the checkboxes to give him full control (or just "modify") rights. Press OK and OK. Now your users application has the nessesary permisions to write to its folders. But the app may ask to write something in the systems registry. So, follow the next steps: 5) Go to start and run "regedit". Inside Registry Editor click "Computer" and make a search ("ctrl-F") with the app name (e.g. "quake.exe...