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Users in my domain are usually standard users, aka do not have Admin rights. However, there is one program that needs to be run as Administrator to function properly. Is it possible to permanently run this application as administrator while keeping everything else non-admin?

Run-as administrator will not work as they will have to provide the admin username and password, which they're not supposed to know. Creating a batch file creates a security hole, as the password is in clear text.

Hennes
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Per Redmond:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922708

You cannot set UAC to automatically run a program as an administrator without the user being prompted.

Your bug is actually a feature. The user's token or tokens are what they are, and there's no equivalent of setuid that lets a file elevate that.

Bandrami
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