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Petri-X
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Oct 14, 2021

Surface Hub recovery tool still requires admin privileges for download :(

Hi, Once more I was needed to rebuild the Surface Hub (v1) the image, and I was (or not sure was I really) surprised that running the tool still requires local administrative privileges. At least I ...
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cezarcretu
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Oct 14, 2021

Hello Petri-X,

 

Most likely the reason why you need administrative rights is to mount the disk and format it as part of the process to re-image the disk. You can use a non-domain joined device or a personal PC to perform this action as a workaround. 

 

Best regards,
Cezar

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    Petri-X
    Bronze Contributor
    Oct 14, 2021
    Cezar,
    Yes, of course when taking this out from corporate, there are no troubles. But I still feel, this needs some work more.