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On Nov 23 00:34, Gregg Levine wrote: > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) > > Not exactly. You aren't running with those privileges. Use "Run as > > Administrator" > > from that account so you get the elevated privileges you need. > > Hello! > That did work. Thank you Larry. I owe you something or other over > coffee and pastry at someplace other then Starbucks the next time your > visiting the City. Or a meal at two of the best delis in the City. > > I freely confess I haven't worked with Cygwin since the Windows98SE > time frame so this capability is a big thing. Just to make this very clear: This isn't a Cygwin problem. You're stumbling over the "User Access Control" (UAC) facility introduced with Windows Vista, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511445.aspx Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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