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Old January 20th 20, 01:06 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default A start up program that requires an admin password

I normally run Gigabyte's "thermald" program as soon as I start the
computer. It always asks for an administrator password.

I thought I would get "fancy", and add a link to the program to the
windows startup folder. I entered an administrator password to do that.

After restarting the computer, when I look at the Task Manager, it shows
thermald "enabled" under the startup tab, but I can tell it's not really
running, as least not properly, and it doesn't show up as a process. If
I manually run the program, as usual, it shows up as a process (and the
program adjusts the fan speed, as desired).

I suspect the problem has to do with the client not being able to
provide the administrator password at startup. I will be grateful for
any assistance! Thank you!

Bill
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Old January 20th 20, 02:19 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default A start up program that requires an admin password

On 20/01/2020 12:06, Bill wrote:
I normally run Gigabyte's "thermald" program as soon as I start the
computer. It always asks for an administrator password.

I thought I would get "fancy", and add a link to the program to the
windows startup folder. I entered an administrator password to do that.

After restarting the computer, when I look at the Task Manager, it
shows thermald "enabled" under the startup tab, but I can tell it's
not really running, as least not properly, and it doesn't show up as a
process. If I manually run the program, as usual, it shows up as a
process (and the program adjusts the fan speed, as desired).

I suspect the problem has to do with the client not being able to
provide the administrator password at startup. I will be grateful for
any assistance! Thank you!

Bill


Use a batch file (.bat file) in startup. See this example:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35006286/how-to-add-auto-insert-username-password-on-bat-file



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Old January 20th 20, 02:28 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default A start up program that requires an admin password



"Bill" wrote in message
...
I normally run Gigabyte's "thermald" program as soon as I start the
computer. It always asks for an administrator password.

I thought I would get "fancy", and add a link to the program to the
windows startup folder. I entered an administrator password to do that.

After restarting the computer, when I look at the Task Manager, it shows
thermald "enabled" under the startup tab, but I can tell it's not really
running, as least not properly, and it doesn't show up as a process. If I
manually run the program, as usual, it shows up as a process (and the
program adjusts the fan speed, as desired).

I suspect the problem has to do with the client not being able to provide
the administrator password at startup. I will be grateful for any
assistance! Thank you!

Bill


You could use Task Scheduler to start it. Set it to "Run with highest
privileges". There are a number of other options, like "after user is logged
in", "whether user is logged in or not", etc. It's fun to play with :-)
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Old January 20th 20, 02:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default A start up program that requires an admin password



"Bill" wrote in message
...
I normally run Gigabyte's "thermald" program as soon as I start the
computer. It always asks for an administrator password.

I thought I would get "fancy", and add a link to the program to the
windows startup folder. I entered an administrator password to do that.

After restarting the computer, when I look at the Task Manager, it shows
thermald "enabled" under the startup tab, but I can tell it's not really
running, as least not properly, and it doesn't show up as a process. If I
manually run the program, as usual, it shows up as a process (and the
program adjusts the fan speed, as desired).

I suspect the problem has to do with the client not being able to provide
the administrator password at startup. I will be grateful for any
assistance! Thank you!

Bill


I meant to add this:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-automated-task-using-task-scheduler-windows-10

It's a decent tutorial on how to use Task Scheduler if you're not too
familiar with it.


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Old January 21st 20, 03:22 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default A start up program that requires an admin password

SC Tom wrote:


"Bill" wrote in message
...
I normally run Gigabyte's "thermald" program as soon as I start the
computer.Â* It always asks for an administrator password.

I thought I would get "fancy", and add a link to the program to the
windows startup folder. I entered an administrator password to do that.

After restarting the computer, when I look at the Task Manager, it
shows thermald "enabled" under the startup tab, but I can tell it's
not really running, as least not properly, and it doesn't show up as a
process.Â* If I manually run the program, as usual, it shows up as a
process (and the program adjusts the fan speed, as desired).

I suspect the problem has to do with the client not being able to
provide the administrator password at startup. I will be grateful for
any assistance!Â*Â* Thank you!

Bill


I meant to add this:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-automated-task-using-task-scheduler-windows-10


It's a decent tutorial on how to use Task Scheduler if you're not too
familiar with it.



Thank you very much! I feel confident that this will help. I just
printed out the 31 steps (in 10 pages) for a moment in the next day or
so when I am ready to work through 31 steps! : ) I could not ask for
directions that are more clear than this!
Thank you!

Bill
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Old January 21st 20, 01:47 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
SC Tom[_3_]
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Default A start up program that requires an admin password



"Bill" wrote in message
...
SC Tom wrote:


"Bill" wrote in message
...
I normally run Gigabyte's "thermald" program as soon as I start the
computer. It always asks for an administrator password.

I thought I would get "fancy", and add a link to the program to the
windows startup folder. I entered an administrator password to do that.

After restarting the computer, when I look at the Task Manager, it shows
thermald "enabled" under the startup tab, but I can tell it's not really
running, as least not properly, and it doesn't show up as a process. If
I manually run the program, as usual, it shows up as a process (and the
program adjusts the fan speed, as desired).

I suspect the problem has to do with the client not being able to
provide the administrator password at startup. I will be grateful for
any assistance! Thank you!

Bill


I meant to add this:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-create-automated-task-using-task-scheduler-windows-10
It's a decent tutorial on how to use Task Scheduler if you're not too
familiar with it.



Thank you very much! I feel confident that this will help. I just printed
out the 31 steps (in 10 pages) for a moment in the next day or so when I
am ready to work through 31 steps! : ) I could not ask for directions
that are more clear than this!
Thank you!

You're welcome :-) Let us know how it works for you.
It seems daunting when you first start setting up tasks, but after a while,
you'll find it's quite easy, and see Task Scheduler as a very valuable tool.


 




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