Windows XP Get Permissions Method

If the user you are logged into the system is restricted, then when you need to run a program with higher privileges to run, you need to log out of the current user and log in to the system with a high-privileged user account. We don't need to do this in the professional version of Windows XP. We can use "run mode" to run a single program with a high-privilege account.

Right-click on the program icon in “desktop" or “My Computer" and select “Run as ". In the pop-up page (shown in Figure 1), select the “Users” button below, then enter the high-privileged user account in the username and enter the corresponding password. This way we can run the application with the new input.

Figure 1 Selecting Run Identity

If you need an application to always ask which user to run at runtime, then set it up by following the steps below. Right click on the app icon, select “Properties> in the pop-up menu, then select “Advanced” in the pop-up dialog box. The page shown in Figure 2 pops up.

Figure 2 Running as a different user

On the page shown in Figure 2, click “Run as a user” and click “&” to confirm ”. Now every time you run the program, you will be asked which user to run as.