title: How to set user environment variables in Windows Server 2008 R2 as a normal user?
body: <p>In older versions of Windows, it was just open the Control Panel, select the System applet, select the Advanced tab, and then hit the Environment variables button.  As a normal user, you could edit the "User variables" but not the "System variables".</p>
  
  <p>In Windows Server 2008 R2, if I try to hit the Advanced System settings option in the System applet, it prompts for the Administrator password.</p>