Detect if program is running with full administrator rights

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Other alternatives are: IsUserAnAdmin or AccessCheck

Checking the TOKEN_ELEVATION* stuff in the token is not required for testing the current process but it is useful if you need to find out if the user could elevate because they have a split token etc.

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