Wifi – How to allow a non administrator account to enable/disable/configure wireless network settings

wifiwindows 7windows-server-2008

I have a user in our domain on a Dell laptop using windows 7 professional. Occasionally, she needs to switch from wired to wireless, but currently the system denies her this privledge without an administrator password. Is there a way to enable her to manage wireless settings? I have no group policies that should be limiting her ability in this area.

Thanks!

Best Answer

I am assuming you are on a Windows Server 2008 domain.

Create a new policy under user configuration> Administrative Templates> Network> Network connections

Look for this policy

Ability to enable/disable a LAN Connection

Determines whether users can enable/disable LAN connections. If you enable this setting, the Enable and Disable options for LAN connections are available to users (including nonadministrators). Users can enable/disable a LAN connection by double-clicking the icon representing the connection, by right-clicking it, or by using the File menu.

If you disable this setting (and enable the "Enable Network Connections settings for Administrators" setting), double-clicking the icon has no effect, and the Enable and Disable menu items are disabled for all users (including administrators). Important: If the "Enable Network Connections settings for Administrators" is disabled or not configured, this setting will not apply to administrators on post-Windows 2000 computers.

If you do not configure this setting, only Administrators and Network Configuration Operators can enable/disable LAN connections. Note: Administrators can still enable/disable LAN connections from Device Manager when this setting is disabled.

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It takes the following steps:

Click START-->RUN and enter "dcomcnfg"
In the "Applications" tab, go down to "Microsoft Word Document"
Click PROPERTIES button
Go to the "Security" Tab
Click "Use custom access permissions", and then click EDIT
Click ADD and then click SHOW USERS
Highlight the IIS anonymous user account (usually IUSR_ , click ADD
Go back to the "Security" tab by hitting OK
Click "Use custom launch permissions", and the click EDIT
Click ADD and then click SHOW USERS
Highlight the IIS anonymous user account (usually IUSR_ , click ADD
Hit OK, and then hit APPLY.

After that hit the Identity tab. In here you choose a user that has administrator rights and typ username and password.

You go into Services -> IIS Admin -> Allow it to work with the desktop.

Thank God I am done with this issue. Btw I do not in any way say that this is a secure way to do this. I however don't have any issues doing it since my server is internal.

Security – How to enable WPA2 on Windows 7 when sharing an ethernet connection over wireless

Windows 7 supports a Soft AP mode that can be used to create a more secure sharing environment as it supports WPA2\AES. This works with most WLAN Nics but there may be issues with some older kit.

The steps you need to follow are:

1: Open up an administrator command prompt.

2: Create the SoftAP config:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow SSID=PeerWithWPA2 key=WPA2Password keyusage=persistent

3: You will now need to modify your ICS settings to allow sharing from your main internet adapter to this new network. You manage this from the properties->sharing tab of the network adapter that is your primary internet connection. This can be the same WLAN adapter that will be used for the Soft AP.

4: Start the SoftAP

netsh wlan start hostednetwork

5: Connect to this from your other systems just as you would connect to any AP that provides a WPA2 secured SSID

There is a full guide with screenshots available here.

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