Fixed EXE question!!!!

[LordCrass]

My guess is that it's the protection itself that needed admin rights, not the program. Protections like SafeDisc and such access devices on a low level, something that is not normally allowed. I assumed that they programmed it properly so that a regular user could execute the file, but it seems not (I don't use NT/2K on a regular basis). Once the protection is removed though, so is the need to be the admin.

So to answer your question: No, you can't do this to just any file to allow a regular user to execute it. The OS decides (and rightfully so) who gets to do what.