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DennisMCSE
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Posted - 06/04/2012 :  3:32:10 PM  Show Profile  Visit DennisMCSE's Homepage  Look at the Skype phone address from DennisMCSE  Reply with Quote
I have a few programs that some of our Engineers need to use, but on Windows 7, those programs require Admin rights to work properly. The programs are used to manage Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) on robotic equipment. But I don't want to give Admin rights to the user for the full computer, just that one program.

I remember someone here talking about a program that will allow specific programs to run under admin without giving the user full admin rights on the computer. Anyone know which program that is? I'm drawing a blank.
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JeffWouters
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Sounds like a job for App-V ...
But maybe the Application Compatibility Toolkit (read: shims) can solve your issue easier:-) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff431742.aspx
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straffin
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I haven't tried it yet myself, but you could give Sudo for Windows a shot: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sudowin/
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Hi Dennis, sorry didn't see this thread earlier - that was me. It's called Powerbroker and it's by Beyondtrust.

We now have it in production and for the most part it's been working out great. You can do all kinds of things with it we haven't even touched yet such as elevating certain things like print drivers, etc. Good stuff and reasonable pricing.
-Wes
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DennisMCSE
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Posted - 06/04/2012 :  4:48:37 PM  Show Profile  Visit DennisMCSE's Homepage  Look at the Skype address for DennisMCSE  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by JeffWouters

Sounds like a job for App-V ...
But maybe the Application Compatibility Toolkit (read: shims) can solve your issue easier:-) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ff431742.aspx


We've tried App-V, but one of the requirements of App-V is that the program to be virtualized doesn't access specific hardware resources (or something like that). Virtualizing the drivers to access the PLC controllers causes issues since the generic virtualized drivers don't connect to the hardware correctly. So we tried and ruled that one out.

I think it was the same issue with the Compatibility Toolkit, the PLC controllers didn't like the shim used. The program worked up until it was actually connected to the hardware, so the data wasn't transferred to the logic controllers.

So need something that allows the program to run as an admin, but doesn't give the user full admin access to the computer.
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Posted - 06/04/2012 :  5:14:26 PM  Show Profile  Visit straffin's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Wes beat me to it, but here's more info on PowerBroker (from our friend Eric Rux!):

http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/security/review-beyondtrust-powerbroker-desktops-windows-edition-142651
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Whoa did somebody update my post with a hyperlink? Or is the forum now doing that automagically somehow?
-Wes
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DennisMCSE
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Posted - 06/05/2012 :  09:45:57 AM  Show Profile  Visit DennisMCSE's Homepage  Look at the Skype address for DennisMCSE  Reply with Quote
PowerBroker, that's the one. And it was from Eric's article that I remember the software, just couldn't think of the name or where I heard of it from.

Thanks guys!
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