`runas`, might be what you're looking for...

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/runas.mspx

cheers

On Apr 2, 2005 10:55 AM, greg wm <tclug at greatlakedata.com> wrote:
> 
> is there an equivalent to "su" on windows? or do i really need to
> logout and login as administrator and logout and login as the user often
> several times back and forth?
> 
> i am aware of an mks su command, but i doubt it's worth the trouble to
> install mks.
> 
> of course i expect flames for asking this here. feel free to let me
> know your favourite proper place to ask such questions. couldn't craft
> a google search of any help. ever mentioning "su" just coughs up
> italian pages.
> 
> tia,
> greg
> --
> Greg Whitley Mott
> IT Coordinator
> NonviolentPeaceforce.org <http://NonviolentPeaceforce.org>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
> tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050402/cd53056b/attachment-0001.html