TechWhiz » user account control http://www.techwhiz.in Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:03:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The required operation requires elevation http://www.techwhiz.in/the-required-operation-requires-elevation/ http://www.techwhiz.in/the-required-operation-requires-elevation/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:57:22 +0000 saurabh http://www.techwhiz.in/the-required-operation-requires-elevation/818 I was trying to flush the dns cache on Windows Vista system, but I was getting an error.

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This is a very common error when you try to execute commands requiring administrator privileges. The simplest solution is to run command prompt in administrator mode.

How to Run ‘command prompt’ in administrator mode?

  • Right Click on ‘command prompt’ and select ‘Run as administrator’
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  • User Account Control will prompted for confirmation
  • Click on ‘continue’ and command prompt will start in administrator mode

or

  • Type ‘cmd’ in Windows Vista search bar
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  • Press ‘Ctrl+Shift+Enter’
  • User Account Control will prompted for confirmation
  • Click on ‘continue’ and command prompt will start in administrator mode
]]> http://www.techwhiz.in/the-required-operation-requires-elevation/feed/ 0 Modify User Account Access from Command Line http://www.techwhiz.in/modify-user-account-access-from-command-line/ http://www.techwhiz.in/modify-user-account-access-from-command-line/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:26:44 +0000 saurabh http://www.techwhiz.in/2009/04/modify-user-account-access-from-command-line/ There’s a quick way by which you can enable or disable ‘User Account Access’ window from the command line:

  • Make sure you are running in administrator mode.
  • Type ‘cmd’ in the start menu search box. Press ‘Ctrl+Shift+Enter’.
  • Windows Vista will prompt for your permission.

    Disable UAC

    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

    Enable UAC

    C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

    After you enable or disable UAC, you will have to reboot your system for the changes to take effect.

    For any query please send email to saurabh(at)techwhiz(dot)in

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  • Open ‘Control Panel’ (Make sure ‘Control Panel Home’ is selected and not ‘Classic View’).
  • Type ‘UAC’ in the search box.
  • Click on the  link ‘Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off’.
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  • Windows Vista will prompt for your permission. Select ‘Continue’.
  • Uncheck ‘Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer’.
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  • Select ‘OK’ to save the changes.
  • Windows will prompt you to ‘Restart’.
  • Restart the system to complete the process.

    • Note: Disabling UAC will lead to a less secure system.

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