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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Was that the sticky keys trick? That was a fun one to use to elevate

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    No. What the heck? You can/could have used sticky keys to elevate account access??? What?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    Yeah, so back in the day, you could replace the accessibility executable that launches when you hit shift 5 times to enable sticky keys, and is launched as a privileged process. Rename it and copy cmd to the old exe name, hit shift 5 times and you now have an admin console.

    Still works today, you just have to do it offline if you're not an admin.

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