Are there any tools that a Systems admin can apply to windows 7, be it Third Party or other that can elevate a standard user to Admin status. within our tools we utilise USB to Serial adapters. using tools such as Putty with a Serial port requires knowledge of which port the USB-Serial has attached. This can be anything from 1 through to 30. To add complexity we do not have a standard USB-Serial as there are multiple end devices that have unique adaptors. Compmngt.msc requires administrative permissions to view.
As a company policy we have chosen to disable UAC.
The end users are also field engineers and when the elevated rights are required could be at a remote location that the service desk can not remote onto the machine.
We can give the engineer a second account with elevated rights, is the easy option, however this has the potential to allow malicious software/viruses in and potentially not be caught until too late.
Ideally an overlay that can be initiated that does not affect the base o/s, giving the end users the right to run app (that require admin rights) and change port setting when required.
Has anyone had the same issue, have you a solution. In my opinion cost should not be a factor over security, but bean counters say otherwise!
As a company policy we have chosen to disable UAC.
The end users are also field engineers and when the elevated rights are required could be at a remote location that the service desk can not remote onto the machine.
We can give the engineer a second account with elevated rights, is the easy option, however this has the potential to allow malicious software/viruses in and potentially not be caught until too late.
Ideally an overlay that can be initiated that does not affect the base o/s, giving the end users the right to run app (that require admin rights) and change port setting when required.
Has anyone had the same issue, have you a solution. In my opinion cost should not be a factor over security, but bean counters say otherwise!
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