Limited accounts - install as admin?

[Jonny Two Shoes]

Hi all,

Quick question...

If a user has Power User rights or any limited account access only to a PC, and they are never onsite for you as an admin to install a patch for them...and the user doesn't have VPN access either.

Is there any way to have them install the patch with elevated rights without you giving out the admin account details or sending their PC back to South Africa through customs etc...

For instance...is there any software you may know of that either:

1. Encodes VBS scripting so that no-one can read it's contents? (because I have a VBS script to "runas" with admin credentials but obviously no way to hide it's code - I have seen one or two dodgy apps that can do this but nothing convincing)
2. Creates a file with code that can run on the client machine that installs another program but does not reveal the password and is secure?
3. Elevates the users rights temporarily only once with secondary password I can give and doesn't reveal the admin details?
4. Any other way you can think of? Maybe some VB code or even Java or whatever....something that can be "obfuscated" if that is the correct word?

Preferably something that is freeware or trial first and easy to buy without online credit nonsense or any such thing. One could perhaps e-mail the user whatever he/she needs that will enable him/her to run the patch.

I thought of remote desktop but we are behind a proxy in a large network and don't have much success with it. Only if VPN is used. And the company is very strict with third party software.

 

[Conradl]

I had exactly the same problem and used: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/downloads.shtml. (actually I used the previous version). I allows you to package the logon script into an executable, thus hiding it from the user....

You can then write a script that uses the runas command to elevate the privileges, install and exit. You then package the script, the patch and everything into a ZIP executable and email to the person.

If you prefer kix also has an engine to compile to .exe. Will check now...

 

[Jonny Two Shoes]

Hi there Conradl. Many thanks for the suggestion...will give it a shot.