How can I boot as SYSTEM or with Trustedinstaller privileges

[ibay770]

I've noticed when Windows boots in the setup mode or it audit mode, everything runs with system/N't authority privileges. How can I make that happen with a regular boot?  

Thanks in advance.  I'm running win11 24H2

[vinifera]

doubt you can
last time only XP SP1 could be bypassed to run as SYSTEM
and win7 SP1 - with some hacks as TrustedInstaller

later i never saw people mention it ever again :S

Edited July 1, 2024 by vinifera

[ibay770]

I'm curious what those hacks were

[vinifera]

there is somewhere a topic here on msfn forum

[ibay770]

On 7/3/2024 at 1:16 PM, vinifera said:

there is somewhere a topic here on msfn forum

if its possible to find it thatd be cool, if not, is this not the place where we can hack something that does it?

[Dixel]

Try this index.

https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=site%3Amsfn.org+boot+as+SYSTEM+or+with+Trustedinstaller+privileges

[Guest hzyry2046]

I don't think it's possible.However you could run programs as Trustedinstaller with Nsudo.

[Guest gens2001]

This open source program allows you to run any programs with system privileges on almost any verision of Windows, as long as you have admin privileges. I must warn you: running unknown programs with systemprivileges may damage your system.Since you are running Windows 11, you can use this program to run Explorer. Then, double-clicking any program will run it with system privileges. However, because the Windows Start menu is a UWP program, it cannot run with system privileges. You must install a third-party Start menu like StartAllBack or StartIsBack (eppatcher is not usable).

Similarly, no UWP apps can run as system user, including Settings and the Control Center. So this is a bad idea.

https://github.com/M2Team/Privexec

 

Edited October 1, 2025 by gens2001