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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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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 -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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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 :-) -- SC Tom |
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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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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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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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