I'm the only user and I set myself with admin privileges long ago.
Today I updated to the latest openvpn.exe due to the recent bug which Microsoft informed the OpenVPN folks of and which they patched but then OpenVPN stopped working because I run it from scripts, not from the GUI.
It used to be in Windows 10 you could set the executable permissions for OpenVPN/bin/*.exe to run as the administrator for the batch files to work.
Rightclick on openvpn.exe > Properties > Compatibility >
[x]Run this program as an administrator
[Change settings for all users]
[x]Run this program as an administrator
[OK][OK]
But in my current version of Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4651]
as the only user (who also has admin rights), when I rightclick on openvpn.exe > Properties > Compatibility, I don't get the option to
run this program as an administrator anymore.
Where did the selection to run as admin go? https://i.postimg.cc/nrnW3LWR/compatibility.jpg
On Mon, 8/12/2024 1:49 AM, Nick Cine wrote:What do you use to make the red box highlight in your images? It's way too good for hand drawn.
I'm the only user and I set myself with admin privileges long ago.
Today I updated to the latest openvpn.exe due to the recent bug which
Microsoft informed the OpenVPN folks of and which they patched but then
OpenVPN stopped working because I run it from scripts, not from the GUI.
It used to be in Windows 10 you could set the executable permissions for
OpenVPN/bin/*.exe to run as the administrator for the batch files to work. >>
Rightclick on openvpn.exe > Properties > Compatibility >
[x]Run this program as an administrator
[Change settings for all users]
[x]Run this program as an administrator
[OK][OK]
But in my current version of Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4651]
as the only user (who also has admin rights), when I rightclick on
openvpn.exe > Properties > Compatibility, I don't get the option to
run this program as an administrator anymore.
Where did the selection to run as admin go?
https://i.postimg.cc/nrnW3LWR/compatibility.jpg
It's in your picture.
Below "Disable Fullscreen optimizations".
It is both ticked, and grayed out, suggesting "openvpn.exe"
is already set via some means, to run as Administrator, and
the compatibility dialog is not the place to correct that.
[Picture]
https://i.postimg.cc/2SjFVByK/win10-compatibility-administrator.gif
My picture is just to show what a "naive" case looks like.
It's not grayed. But running Firefox as an Administrator,
is not a smart thing to do. Ticking the box in the picture,
is an unnecessary risk for me.
Paul
On 8/12/24 03:41 AM, Paul wrote:
On Mon, 8/12/2024 1:49 AM, Nick Cine wrote:What do you use to make the red box highlight in your images? It's way too good for hand drawn.
I'm the only user and I set myself with admin privileges long ago.
Today I updated to the latest openvpn.exe due to the recent bug which
Microsoft informed the OpenVPN folks of and which they patched but then
OpenVPN stopped working because I run it from scripts, not from the GUI. >>>
It used to be in Windows 10 you could set the executable permissions for >>> OpenVPN/bin/*.exe to run as the administrator for the batch files to work. >>>
Rightclick on openvpn.exe > Properties > Compatibility >
[x]Run this program as an administrator
[Change settings for all users]
[x]Run this program as an administrator
[OK][OK]
But in my current version of Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.4651] >>> as the only user (who also has admin rights), when I rightclick on
openvpn.exe > Properties > Compatibility, I don't get the option to
run this program as an administrator anymore.
Where did the selection to run as admin go?
https://i.postimg.cc/nrnW3LWR/compatibility.jpg
It's in your picture.
Below "Disable Fullscreen optimizations".
It is both ticked, and grayed out, suggesting "openvpn.exe"
is already set via some means, to run as Administrator, and
the compatibility dialog is not the place to correct that.
[Picture]
https://i.postimg.cc/2SjFVByK/win10-compatibility-administrator.gif >>
My picture is just to show what a "naive" case looks like.
It's not grayed. But running Firefox as an Administrator,
is not a smart thing to do. Ticking the box in the picture,
is an unnecessary risk for me.
Paul
I got the screen capture part down pat, as most of us do.
I use an older version of GIMP (where SaveAs does not correct you and tell you to Export instead).
Modern versions of GIMP are more of a PITA.
Create a new drawing somehow. Select the Pencil tool. Change the color to Red using the foreground/background color control (foreground color is the top one).
Change the pencil size to "Circle (03)".
Place a dot for the starting point. Now, hold down Shift-Control.
This compass-locks the pencil to fixed compass points so it
cannot wander. The presumption is, a line drawn under that modifier,
should have fewer jaggies if it was on a diagonal. But it also locks
to horizontal or vertical for you. Now, draw the four lines to make
a box. Drawing the last line is more of a chore (getting the endpoint right). You could be off-grid due to the third line being the wrong length.
Thus, closing the box "requires a bit of eyeball". There is no automation making rectangles, and it does take a bit of eye at the appropriate moment.
Not all the rectangles are closed properly. Lazy :-) You can certainly
do an Undo, and undo the lines one at a time then redo them until
the rectangle is closed properly. GIMP has infinite undo, and you
can walk changes back to "none".
It's not Photoshop, but it's good enough for cropping and marking.
Paul
Where did the selection to run as admin go? https://i.postimg.cc/nrnW3LWR/compatibility.jpg
Way too much effort.
Just use an application that can draw a select-able color rectangle
without 'fill'. Windows has two of them, Irfanview and other installable graphic editor do too, or for a free online app, consider LunaPic.
Way too much effort.
Just use an application that can draw a select-able color rectangle
without 'fill'. Windows has two of them, Irfanview and other installable
graphic editor do too, or for a free online app, consider LunaPic.
Just looked at Paint 3D, and it is easy to figure out and works pretty
darn good.
Where did the selection to run as admin go?
https://i.postimg.cc/nrnW3LWR/compatibility.jpg
It's in your picture.
Below "Disable Fullscreen optimizations".
It is both ticked, and grayed out, suggesting "openvpn.exe"
is already set via some means, to run as Administrator, and
the compatibility dialog is not the place to correct that.
https://i.postimg.cc/2SjFVByK/win10-compatibility-administrator.gif
My picture is just to show what a "naive" case looks like.
It's not grayed. But running Firefox as an Administrator,
is not a smart thing to do. Ticking the box in the picture,
is an unnecessary risk for me.
You can get Paint.NET off the Microsoft Store but it's free open source.
https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
Thanks. Paint.net is also a decent choice.
Not in my installed programs, only have the Portable version.
- A few more steps to draw a border-only colored rectangle than Paint
or Irfanview.
Where did the selection to run as admin go?
https://i.postimg.cc/nrnW3LWR/compatibility.jpg
It's right there, about 3/4 of the way down the dialog, between
"Disable fullscreen optimizations" and "Register this program for
restart". And it's even ticked already!
Those of us who have the facility for looking at something and not
seeing it should really form some sort of club!
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