On Sep 15, 2:44 pm, "Mr. Arnold" <MR. Arn...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> "kate" <kategrind...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> news:1189880523.733990.140690@xxxxxx
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> > I am trying to install Stata 10 on windows Vista. The manual says that
> > the first time I run Stata, I must run it as an administrator by right-
> > clicking on the Stata application icon.
> Quote:
> > However, when I right-click, I do not see the option to 'run as
> > adminstrator'. I went to the Properties> advanced, and the option to
> > 'run as administrator' was greyed out.
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> > Do you have any ideas of what I am doing wrong? And how can I get
> > Vista to allow me to 'run as administrator'?????
>
> You know, you can disable UAC, which controls Run As Administrator. With UAC
> disabled, you don't need RAM to do anything, and you should be able to
> proceed with the install. Once the install is done, then you can enable UAC
> again.
>
> To enable/disable UAC, you use the Windows-Key and R-key, which should
> pop-up the Run Box where you enter MSCONFIG. You can go to the Tools tab
> where you can disable/enable UAC. Hi,
Thanks for your response.
I tried turning off UAC under control panel > user accounts. I was
still not able to start Stata-- I still get the same error message:
"I cannot open C:\Program Files\Stata10\STATA.LIC for writing.
No Action Taken."
? ?
I was told by the FAQs on the Stata website, that this is because the
default Vista permission settings do not allow applications write
permissions to their respective install directories even if you are
logged in to a machine as administrator. Stata needs these permissions
to install.
They say to get around the problem you must right-click on the Stata
executable in the Stata install directory and select "Run as
Administrator" from the right-click menu to open Stata. But as I
mentioned, I cannot run as administrator.