How to run Process Guard under a limited account

iamondCS Process Guard

Process Guards protections are fully functional under a limited account but the user doesn't have any control to make changes to the protection settings / whitelists etc. because the the interface is not visible and the needed privileges aren't possible under a limited account. While PG affords outstanding protections/security on it's own, running under a limited account has it's own benefits for protecting your PC as the user doesn't have any rights to make system-wide changes, edit/alter/delete system files etc. More info can be gained at this M$ link: M$ Knowledge Base - Account Privileges While some programs won't run correctly under limited privileges, most do ... but often when these situations present themselves user tend to just logon as an administrator to avoid the issue, which isn't the best decision. Following the steps below you can run Process Guard fully privileged under a limited account, and once you learn the process it can be applied to any program that you wish to run under a limited account that needs admin. rights.

The steps for running Process Guard under a limited account:

1. Create a desktop shortcut for pgaccount. Name it PG Account so you can easily differentiate it from the default proguard shortcut that is created when installing Process Guard, if you've removed this shortcut recreate it on the limited accounts desktop.

2. Right-Click both icons and under the shortcut tab choose "Properties" --> "Advanced" and check the "Run with different Credentials" checkbox -> Hit "OK" to close that dialog box, then "Apply" the changes and hit "OK". Now when you double click those icons it will bring up the "Run as" dialog when the application is started

3. First launch PG Account by double-clicking the icon and it will bring up the "Run as" dialog box, choose an administer privileged account from the drop down box, and enter the password.

PG Account has to be started before Procguard ... or you will receive the warning of PG Account not running in the Status Box on the Main Page of PG's GUI (General User Interface)

4. Now launch Procguard by double-clicking the icon, following the same steps as in step 3

5. Process Guard will now load it's GUI and the PG lock will now be present in the system tray. You now have a fully functioning control over Process Guard interface and hence it's controls.

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