Top "Elevated-privileges" questions

Elevated privileges are higher privileges, offered by an operating system, usually higher than normal user's privileges.

In browser trusted application Silverlight 5

With the new Silverlight 5, we can now have an In-Browser elevated-trust application. However, I'm experiencing some problems to deploy the …

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PowerShell - script 1 calls script 2 - how to return value from script 2 to script 1

I have two PowerShell scripts. One script invokes another PowerShell script using elevated credentials, using Start-Process. But I am struggling …

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Start a windows service without elevation

I have a windows service "Service1" configured to log on as "Local Service". I built a console application to start …

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Batch file: Drop elevated privileges (run a command as original user)

I have a batch file that starts with elevated privileges (my installer spawns it), but at a certain point I …

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Powershell - Start-Process to launch hello world is not working

I am trying to figure out how to run powershell script with elevated credentials, and was told the best way …

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How to run a process as non-admin from an elevated PowerShell console?

Maybe there is a way to do it with Start-Process cmdlet that I cannot find? The other related Q/A's …

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How to force my project in Visual Studio 2013 to always run as Administrator?

I have a WPF project in Visual Studio 2013, this project have two buttons. The first button say Start Service and …

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Why is a shell within a docker container showing dmesg content from the host?

I have a docker container running Debian jessie on Ubuntu yakkety. When within the docker (connected via ssh for instance) …

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Forcing an application to Admin from config file

Is there a way I can add a setting in the configuration file so that that application will always start …

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Run Java application as administrator on Windows

I am writing an installer in Java that will accordingly require elevated privileges to access the Program Files directory. Based …

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