Okay thanks Mark, it's good to know that it isn't something that I am doing/configuring wrong.
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 15:25, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/05/2020 11:25, Adam Retter wrote: > > I am seeing different behaviour when running prunsrv either as an > > Administrator or not. I have seen this in the past and it has bothered > > me, but I thought it was about time to get to the bottom of it! > > > > Starting from a clean install of Windows 2012 Server Base, if I login > > as my user account `aretter` which is a member-of the `Administrators` > > group... > > > > 1. Launch "Command Prompt" from the Windows Start Menu, then execute > > `prunsrv.exe //?`. I get a dialog asking if I want to allow the > > program to make changes to my computer, clicking "Yes" then briefly > > flashes a second black console screen before returning me to the > > original cmd.exe with absolutely no output, i.e. I see just this on > > the cmd.exe > > > > c:\tools\bin>prunsrv.exe //? > > > > c:\tools\bin> > > > > > > 2. Right-click on "Command Prompt" in the Windows Start Menu, and > > click "Run as adminstrator", accept the warning, then execute > > `prunsrv.exe //?`. I get no security dialog, and I get the expected > > help message printed on the console: > > > > C:\Program Files\FusionDB Server\bin>prunsrv.exe //? > > Usage: prunsrv command [ServiceName] [--options] > > Commands: > > help This page > > install [ServiceName] Install Service > > update [ServiceName] Update Service parameters > > delete [ServiceName] Delete Service > > start [ServiceName] Start Service > > stop [ServiceName] Stop Service > > run [ServiceName] Run Service as console application > > pause [Num Seconds] Sleep for n Seconds (defaults to 60) > > version Display version > > Options: > > ... > > > > > > So I am wondering what the difference is, and why I don't get anything > > in (1)? Do you have to run prunsrv as THE Administrator? > > That is the User Account Control feature getting in the way. Even if the > user is in the administrators group, you don't get full admin privs. My > understanding is that this is by design > > I don't generally run prunsrv directly but if I did I'd run if from a > command prompt started via "Run as Administrator" > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Adam Retter skype: adam.retter tweet: adamretter http://www.adamretter.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
