How to make a Logon script secure in windows [closed] - windows

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I have a logon batch script that runs a .reg file for all user when they log in. here's my script
#echo running
REGEDIT.EXE /S "C:\user_files\user.reg"
Now my concern is that the batch file itself is located in
C:\Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\User\Scripts
Every user has access to this directory. So anyone can change the batch and may cause security threat. Is there a way to make it more secure. or is can I do something similar with PowerShell scripting so there's no batch. If someone could point me to the right direction would be very helpful.

your script needs to be readable by your users, but you can take away their rights to modify it -- that's a typical file system feature that every Windows since NT has (aside from windows 9x, of course).
Hence, simply remove the write privileges from the user group in which your users are, and you're fine.

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I tried to run a program called MSIAfterburner with no windows
But nothing works
I tried
Quiet.exe
Nircmd.exe
I tried some python scripts and JavaScript & Powershell and VBS. And every time it was showing the window of the program
Can somebody help me?
Neither quiet.exe nor nircmd.exe come with windows by default. I believe this MSIAfterburner program you are referring to is a graphics overclocking utility, which is a windows application, as opposed to a console application.
Therefore, if you for whatever reason want to run it without a window, the easiest way I can think of would be to launch the program in a different session using psexec -i 0 (run it as admin) from here.
If you want to run it without a window without admin privileges, the best I can think of would be to use the winapi ShowWindow(handle_to_the_app_main_window, SW_HIDE).

open shell without permission on windows [closed]

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I´m using a school computer, so I don´t own administrator permissions.
anyway I want to launch the command line, but since the school pc´s are restricted I don´t have the permission to install or launch software like terminal, powershell, system settings.
I´m sure that somehow I can create a batch file that allows me to open the shell, but since I don´t know DOS, I don´t exactly know how.
please help me, I´m not a hacker and don´t wanna damage the school computer system, It´s for ethical purpose only, but it could be useful to hit on girls XD.
Ok, I found it:
#echo off
:loop
set /p _cmd= “%CD%>”
%_cmd%
goto :loop

Windows Server:: Replicate Built-In Administrator Account [closed]

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I created a secondary account on my Windows Server 2008 R2 installation. So now I have the build-in Administrator account and my custom one. I included my custom account in all user groups, including Administrators, but I can't seem to replicate the build-in Administrator completely. There are many folders that I do not have permission to create files in through the File Explorer, and of what I can recall, opening it as administrator won't help. I want to be able to do just about anything, just like the built-in Administrator account, on my custom one. Thanks in advance.
Scratch that, I've managed to answer my own question. Apparently the last step missing to fully replicate the built-in Administrator account was to disable UAC. Just posting this in here for anyone curious.

programs running on startup without being in startup folder [closed]

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some program (sort of malware) is running on my windows 7 at startup, but my startup folder is empty (even after removing the hidden and system attrib of all the programs in the folder). But msconfig shows the script that was running.
This means that programs can run on startup without actually being in the startup folder.
Please help me by explaining, how these softwares do this, or any concept of startup that i am missing?
Thanks in advance.
From here:
Add a new startup application
Open your registry and find the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run].
For each program you want to start automatically create a new string value using a descriptive name, and set the value of the string to the program executable.
For example, to automatically start Notepad, add a new entry of "Notepad"="c:\windows\notepad.exe".
Goto MSCONFIG and Remove the check mark for that particular App. then you are good go

an issue for "echo %temp%" in cmd.exe [closed]

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I'm facing a strange issue, when I executed the following command in a CMD.exe, will get different result in diff WKS. All WKS are windows-xp sp3.
c:\> echo %temp%
one is: C:\DOCUME~1\HWU\LOCALS~1\Temp
the other is: C:\Documents and Settings\HWU\LOCALS~1\Temp
I know, both results are the same position, but the second one will block our some batch file and I cannot modify batch file.
So how can I modify some settings let result looks like the first one?
Would anyone please advise?
Thanks a lot!!!
You need to manually adjust the %TEMP% variable for all user profiles on the host in question.
After you did that, check the value of NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation in the registry key [HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] on that host. Change it to 0 in case it's set to 1 (requires a reboot). That doesn't fix the exisiting %TEMP% variables (those are static after being created during profile creation), but it will prevent future profiles from being created with non-8.3 paths in the %TEMP% variable.
Still, I'd strongly recommend to get your scripts fixed. It's the solution to the root-cause of the problem.

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