| Subject: Vssadmin permission |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords |
| Date: 5/11/2008 7:35:00 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?QmlsbA==?= [Email Address Protection] |
I recently purchased a new computer and started reading Windows Vista Inside Out to learn all about the new operating system. In Chapter 2, the section on Configuring System Recovery Options, it states, "To see how much space System Restore is currently using, open a command prompt window and issue the following command: Vssadmin list shadowstorage This command prompt returns, "Error: You don't have the correct permissions to run this command. Please run this utility from a command window that has elevated administrator privileges." I am logged on as Owner which is the default administrator account on the computer. How do I log on as an administrator with elevated privileges? Thanks Bill |
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| Subject: Re: Vssadmin permission |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords |
| Date: 5/11/2008 8:15:17 AM |
| From: "Ronnie Vernon MVP" [Email Address Protection] |
Bill You simply need to elevate the command prompt manually. Go to Start/All Programs/Accessories. Locate the 'Command Prompt' shortcut, right click this shortcut and select the 'Run As Administrator' option. Somewhere in that book, the changes in the way user accounts work is explained. The most notable change is that when you are running with an administrator account, you are actually running with standard user privileges. You must explicitly elevate a process to get administrator privileges. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Bill" <Bill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B2BD1674-4E55-4D89-BD6A-D839CA104459@microsoft.com... >I recently purchased a new computer and started reading Windows Vista >Inside > Out to learn all about the new operating system. In Chapter 2, the > section > on Configuring System Recovery Options, it states, "To see how much space > System Restore is currently using, open a command prompt window and issue > the > following command: Vssadmin list shadowstorage > > This command prompt returns, "Error: You don't have the correct > permissions > to run this command. Please run this utility from a command window that > has > elevated administrator privileges." > > I am logged on as Owner which is the default administrator account on the > computer. How do I log on as an administrator with elevated privileges? > > Thanks > > Bill |
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