diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index c7163d00..1bdb4552 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ PF_TYPE_DECL(NTAPI, NTSTATUS, NtQuerySystemInformation, (SYSTEM_INFORMATION_CLAS
 PF_TYPE_DECL(NTAPI, NTSTATUS, NtQueryObject, (HANDLE, OBJECT_INFORMATION_CLASS, PVOID, ULONG, PULONG));
 PF_TYPE_DECL(NTAPI, NTSTATUS, NtDuplicateObject, (HANDLE, HANDLE, HANDLE, PHANDLE, ACCESS_MASK, ULONG, ULONG));
 PF_TYPE_DECL(NTAPI, NTSTATUS, NtOpenProcess, (PHANDLE, ACCESS_MASK, POBJECT_ATTRIBUTES, PCLIENT_ID));
+PF_TYPE_DECL(NTAPI, NTSTATUS, NtOpenProcessToken, (HANDLE, ACCESS_MASK, PHANDLE));
+PF_TYPE_DECL(NTAPI, NTSTATUS, NtAdjustPrivilegesToken, (HANDLE, BOOLEAN, PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES, ULONG, PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES, PULONG));
 PF_TYPE_DECL(NTAPI, NTSTATUS, NtClose, (HANDLE));
 
-PVOID PhHeapHandle = NULL;
+static PVOID PhHeapHandle = NULL;
 
 /*
  * Convert an NT Status to an error message
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ static char* NtStatusError(NTSTATUS Status) {
 	static char unknown[32];
 
 	switch (Status) {
+	case STATUS_SUCCESS:
+		return "Operation Successful";
 	case STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL:
 		return "Operation Failed";
 	case STATUS_BUFFER_OVERFLOW:
@@ -548,3 +552,50 @@ out:
 	PhDestroyHeap();
 	return bFound;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Increase the privileges of the current application.
+ *
+ * \return TRUE if the request was successful.
+ */
+BOOL EnablePrivileges(void)
+{
+	// List of the privileges we require. A list of requestable privileges can
+	// be obtained at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn221963.aspx
+	const DWORD requestedPrivileges[] = {
+		SE_DEBUG_PRIVILEGE,
+	};
+	NTSTATUS status = STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+	HANDLE tokenHandle;
+
+	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(NtClose, NtDll);
+	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(NtOpenProcessToken, NtDll);
+	PF_INIT_OR_OUT(NtAdjustPrivilegesToken, NtDll);
+
+	status = pfNtOpenProcessToken(NtCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES, &tokenHandle);
+
+	if (NT_SUCCESS(status)) {
+		CHAR privilegesBuffer[FIELD_OFFSET(TOKEN_PRIVILEGES, Privileges) +
+			sizeof(LUID_AND_ATTRIBUTES) * ARRAYSIZE(requestedPrivileges)];
+		PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES privileges;
+		ULONG i;
+
+		privileges = (PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES)privilegesBuffer;
+		privileges->PrivilegeCount = ARRAYSIZE(requestedPrivileges);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < privileges->PrivilegeCount; i++) {
+			privileges->Privileges[i].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
+			privileges->Privileges[i].Luid.HighPart = 0;
+			privileges->Privileges[0].Luid.LowPart = requestedPrivileges[i];
+		}
+
+		status = pfNtAdjustPrivilegesToken(tokenHandle, FALSE, privileges, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+		pfNtClose(tokenHandle);
+	}
+
+out:
+	if (!NT_SUCCESS(status))
+		ubprintf("NOTE: Could not set process privileges: %s", NtStatusError(status));
+	return NT_SUCCESS(status);
+}
diff --git a/src/process.h b/src/process.h
index ae33d34f..bfc96263 100644
--- a/src/process.h
+++ b/src/process.h
@@ -233,5 +233,44 @@ typedef struct _RTL_HEAP_PARAMETERS
 #define HEAP_CLASS_8 0x00008000 // CSR port heap
 #define HEAP_CLASS_MASK 0x0000f000
 
-#define PF_INIT_OR_SET_STATUS(proc, name)  do {PF_INIT(proc, name);   \
-	if (pf##proc == NULL) status = STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; } while(0)
+// Privileges
+
+#define SE_MIN_WELL_KNOWN_PRIVILEGE (2L)
+#define SE_CREATE_TOKEN_PRIVILEGE (2L)
+#define SE_ASSIGNPRIMARYTOKEN_PRIVILEGE (3L)
+#define SE_LOCK_MEMORY_PRIVILEGE (4L)
+#define SE_INCREASE_QUOTA_PRIVILEGE (5L)
+#define SE_MACHINE_ACCOUNT_PRIVILEGE (6L)
+#define SE_TCB_PRIVILEGE (7L)
+#define SE_SECURITY_PRIVILEGE (8L)
+#define SE_TAKE_OWNERSHIP_PRIVILEGE (9L)
+#define SE_LOAD_DRIVER_PRIVILEGE (10L)
+#define SE_SYSTEM_PROFILE_PRIVILEGE (11L)
+#define SE_SYSTEMTIME_PRIVILEGE (12L)
+#define SE_PROF_SINGLE_PROCESS_PRIVILEGE (13L)
+#define SE_INC_BASE_PRIORITY_PRIVILEGE (14L)
+#define SE_CREATE_PAGEFILE_PRIVILEGE (15L)
+#define SE_CREATE_PERMANENT_PRIVILEGE (16L)
+#define SE_BACKUP_PRIVILEGE (17L)
+#define SE_RESTORE_PRIVILEGE (18L)
+#define SE_SHUTDOWN_PRIVILEGE (19L)
+#define SE_DEBUG_PRIVILEGE (20L)
+#define SE_AUDIT_PRIVILEGE (21L)
+#define SE_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PRIVILEGE (22L)
+#define SE_CHANGE_NOTIFY_PRIVILEGE (23L)
+#define SE_REMOTE_SHUTDOWN_PRIVILEGE (24L)
+#define SE_UNDOCK_PRIVILEGE (25L)
+#define SE_SYNC_AGENT_PRIVILEGE (26L)
+#define SE_ENABLE_DELEGATION_PRIVILEGE (27L)
+#define SE_MANAGE_VOLUME_PRIVILEGE (28L)
+#define SE_IMPERSONATE_PRIVILEGE (29L)
+#define SE_CREATE_GLOBAL_PRIVILEGE (30L)
+#define SE_TRUSTED_CREDMAN_ACCESS_PRIVILEGE (31L)
+#define SE_RELABEL_PRIVILEGE (32L)
+#define SE_INC_WORKING_SET_PRIVILEGE (33L)
+#define SE_TIME_ZONE_PRIVILEGE (34L)
+#define SE_CREATE_SYMBOLIC_LINK_PRIVILEGE (35L)
+#define SE_MAX_WELL_KNOWN_PRIVILEGE SE_CREATE_SYMBOLIC_LINK_PRIVILEGE
+
+#define PF_INIT_OR_SET_STATUS(proc, name)  do {PF_INIT(proc, name);                            \
+	if ((pf##proc == NULL) && (NT_SUCCESS(status))) status = STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED; } while(0)
diff --git a/src/rufus.c b/src/rufus.c
index e1e3f582..ce57a09a 100644
--- a/src/rufus.c
+++ b/src/rufus.c
@@ -3157,7 +3157,7 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine
 	hMainInstance = hInstance;
 
 	// Initialize COM for folder selection
-	IGNORE_RETVAL(CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED));
+	IGNORE_RETVAL(CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED | COINIT_DISABLE_OLE1DDE));
 
 	// Some dialogs have Rich Edit controls and won't display without this
 	if (GetLibraryHandle("Riched20") == NULL) {
@@ -3167,6 +3167,10 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine
 	// Set the Windows version
 	GetWindowsVersion();
 
+	// Increase the application privileges (SE_DEBUG_PRIVILEGE), so that we can report
+	// the Windows Services preventing access to the disk or volume we want to format.
+	EnablePrivileges();
+
 	// We use local group policies rather than direct registry manipulation
 	// 0x9e disables removable and fixed drive notifications
 	lgp_set = SetLGP(FALSE, &existing_key, ep_reg, "NoDriveTypeAutorun", 0x9e);
diff --git a/src/rufus.h b/src/rufus.h
index 7d158f7e..d2a2b981 100644
--- a/src/rufus.h
+++ b/src/rufus.h
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ extern char* GetCurrentMUI(void);
 extern BOOL SetFormatPromptHook(void);
 extern void ClrFormatPromptHook(void);
 extern BOOL SearchProcess(char* HandleName, BOOL bPartialMatch, BOOL bIgnoreSelf);
+extern BOOL EnablePrivileges(void);
 
 DWORD WINAPI FormatThread(void* param);
 DWORD WINAPI SaveImageThread(void* param);
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 2d164c22..acc97947 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 242, 376
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 2.15.1104"
+CAPTION "Rufus 2.15.1105"
 FONT 8, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Device",IDS_DEVICE_TXT,9,6,200,8
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 2,15,1104,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 2,15,1104,0
+ FILEVERSION 2,15,1105,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 2,15,1105,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -352,13 +352,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting (http://akeo.ie)"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.15.1104"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "2.15.1105"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2017 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.15.1104"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "2.15.1105"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"