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Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2005
Applicants:

Brian S Perlman, Bothell, WA (US);

Jay R Girotto, Kirland, WA (US);

Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);

Kalin Toshev, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Brian S Perlman, Bothell, WA (US);

Jay R Girotto, Kirland, WA (US);

Caglar Gunyakti, Sammamish, WA (US);

Kalin Toshev, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A centralized process is provided for elevating portions of an application running under a user account to administrator privilege. A service security identifier is temporarily associated with the user and the portions of the application to be elevated to administrator privileges. The service security identifier is registered in the access control list to be accessed by the operating system. The centralized process may be used in the activation of software products.


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