Guest aafroz Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 I am trying to install Drop my Rights Software. I get the message "installation successful". But when I click on it to run the program I get a "commnad line window" for a split second. I tried after disabling Fw, AV and anti-spyware products. Can someone advise me on how to run this program?
Guest ju.c Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 RE: Drop my Rights I love this little program! I have not had any browser security problems now that I run Internet Explorer with Drop My Rights. Drop My Rights does not have a GUI. You use it by running it with a command such as (Creat a shortcut with this as the location): %windir%\System32\StripMyRights.exe /L N "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" Very good instructions here: http://cybercoyote.org/security/drop.shtml -- Help me, help others. ju.c. "aafroz" wrote: > I am trying to install Drop my Rights Software. > > I get the message "installation successful". But when I click on it to run > the program I get a "commnad line window" for a split second. > > I tried after disabling Fw, AV and anti-spyware products. > > Can someone advise me on how to run this program?
Guest ju.c Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 RE: Drop my Rights Whoops! I noted StripMyRights.exe, not DropMyRights.exe but it is basically the same for Drop My Rights. -- Help me help others, ju.c. "ju.c" wrote: > I love this little program! > > I have not had any browser security problems now that I run Internet > Explorer with Drop My Rights. > > Drop My Rights does not have a GUI. You use it by running it with a command > such as (Creat a shortcut with this as the location): > %windir%\System32\StripMyRights.exe /L N "C:\Program Files\Internet > Explorer\iexplore.exe" > > Very good instructions here: > http://cybercoyote.org/security/drop.shtml > > -- > Help me, help others. ju.c. > > > "aafroz" wrote: > > > I am trying to install Drop my Rights Software. > > > > I get the message "installation successful". But when I click on it to run > > the program I get a "commnad line window" for a split second. > > > > I tried after disabling Fw, AV and anti-spyware products. > > > > Can someone advise me on how to run this program?
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Re: Drop my Rights aafroz <aafroz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Can someone advise me on how to run this program? If you were asking a question about the WINDOWS XP OPERATING SYSTEM, yeah, maybe someone would chime in. You're asking about a little-known program that has NOTHING TO DO with the XP operating system. Go fly a kite.
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 5, 2007 Posted August 5, 2007 Re: Drop my Rights aafroz wrote: > I am trying to install Drop my Rights Software. > > I get the message "installation successful". But when I click on it to run > the program I get a "commnad line window" for a split second. > > I tried after disabling Fw, AV and anti-spyware products. > > Can someone advise me on how to run this program? Consult the makers of the program, rather than posting your question in a completely unrelated newsgroup. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
Guest Vanguard Posted August 6, 2007 Posted August 6, 2007 Re: Drop my Rights "aafroz" wrote in message news:55645F67-CE2B-4386-A5F3-47136982DD4A@microsoft.com... > I am trying to install Drop my Rights Software. > > I get the message "installation successful". But when I click on it to > run > the program I get a "commnad line window" for a split second. > > I tried after disabling Fw, AV and anti-spyware products. > > Can someone advise me on how to run this program? For the problems noted in the SecurityFocus article at http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1848 when constrained or even normal user modes are used with DropMyRights, why wouldn't it be better to use Sandboxie (runs a VM under the host OS) or VMWare Server or Virtual PC (runs a VM under a separate OS environment)? Running the browser in a VM is safer and without all the hassles of reduced privileges. With Sandboxie, any changes made during the browser session (or whatever application you choose) are saved in the VM so they are already restricted. All changes are eradicated when the VM is exited; i.e., when you exit the VM (or revert it), it starts anew with the fresh version of that VM. Sandboxie isn't perfect against all exploits so maybe you should look at VMWare Server (which has its snapshot feature to revert the VM back to a base known state) or Virtual PC, both of which are free. Note: Sandboxie degrades into nagware after the 30-day trial.
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