New "getadmin" hot-fix available for Windows NT 4.0 SP 3

Thanks to Noam Rathaus for the tip: Microsoft has posted a new "getadmin"hot-fix for Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3. This hot-fix addresses a newversion of the getadmin hack, which was recently released. Getadmin grants normal users administrative

Paul Thurrott

July 17, 1997

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Thanks to Noam Rathaus for the tip: Microsoft has posted a new "getadmin"hot-fix for Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3. This hot-fix addresses a newversion of the getadmin hack, which was recently released. Getadmin grants normal users administrative rights by adding them to the Administratorsgroup. This utility can be run from any user context except Guest andgrants a local user account administrative rights. It does not affect NT3.51.

You can download the new getadmin files on the Microsoft FTP site

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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