Limited User Account Tools

Version 0.6.1

Description

Limited User Account Tools (LUAT for short) are a simple collection of Microsoft® Windows® batch-files that allow every-day work using a limited user account.

Dropping all administrative privileges means you can work more secure and minimize the possible damage caused by malware.

The Challenge

My personal goal in creating LUAT was to use only the tools and programs that come with a default installation of Windows XP Professional™.
To be more specific, I just used:

Windows batch files for the scripts and of course Notepad for writing them
runas for actually switching to run programs as an Administrator
reg.exe for automatic modifications to the registry
IExpress 2.0 (comes with Windows: %SystemRoot%\system32\iexpress.exe) for packaging the installer.

Screenshots

Batch-file based installer (this one's fun).

Desktop icons after installation.

Explorer running with administrative permissions.

A sneak-peak on Windows Vista™, allows you to run any program as Administrator.

Download

Download your copy from here:

Installer, MD5: 3e9a15fe6c179cec95d955c7feed728a
ZIP-file, MD5: d725b0fd62e318419896d854b938cdfa

Installation

Just download the installer and follow the instructions on screen.
You really should check the MD5 checksum first (try WinMD5 if you don't have a tool to check).

Changes

0.6.1 - Fixes some issues with admin-explorer.cmd when Internet Explorer 7 is installed

0.6 - First public version

Legal stuff

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.