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Access Denied for Utility Commands on Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows only)
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Access Denied for Utility Commands on Microsoft Windows
Vista (Windows only)
By default, Microsoft Windows Vista gives administrators only standard user privileges
through its User Account Control. Because admin privileges are required to install the
common components and run most of the commands, you may receive an 'Access is
Denied' message when trying to run utility commands from a command prompt.
To override User Access Control without disabling it completely and obtain the admin
level privileges required to run the utilities, we recommend that you open a command
prompt with "Run as administrator" on Microsoft Windows Vista systems.
To open a command prompt with "Run as administrator", right-click the Command
Prompt option in the Start menu and select "Run as administrator". After you confirm
the operation, a command prompt opens titled Administrator: Command Prompt. You
can run the utilities requiring administrator privileges from this prompt without being
denied access.
Accessing Microsoft Windows Vista Shares (Windows only)
When you map to a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer from a Microsoft Windows
Vista computer and try to access the mapped computer, you may get an error message.
Note: For more information about a workaround, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Browsing Omits Some Microsoft SQL Servers Database
Instances (Windows only)
Due to configuration issues with some firewalls, including the default Windows firewall
behavior in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, browsing for Microsoft SQL Servers
database instances may not list all active instances.
Note: For more information about how to configure your system to allow such network
enumeration, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base and your firewall software
documentation.