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Old 05-11-2008   #4 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP
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Re: Vssadmin permission

Bill

Glad this helped. Keep reading.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Bill" <Bill@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ronnie,
>
> Perfect. Thank you very much.
>
> Bill
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
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>> 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@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:B2BD1674-4E55-4D89-BD6A-D839CA104459@xxxxxx
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>> >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
>>