Operation requires elevation

[myfathersson]

Hi.

I'm new to w7. I've set up and use a standard account. When I try to do certain operations such as run System Monitor to see why my usb drive won't eject, I get the message, "Operation requires elevation." When I right-click the command prompt and select "Run as administrator" I get the same message instead of being prompted to enter the admin password. What can I do to get around this?

 

[logicearth]

Do you have an administrator user available? Or just the one "standard" user account?

 

[Brink]

Hello MyFathersSon,

The only thing you can do is either enter the administrator password, or have the administrator (Father) do it.

Sorry,
Shawn

 

[myfathersson]

Thanks folks for the replies. I have the builtin administrator account enabled. I don't understand why, if elevation is needed, that Windows doesn't prompt me for a password instead of just blocking all access. Does anyone know how I can change permissions using the Administrator account to allow my standard user account to elevate all things on entry of a password?

 

[Brink]

You might check to make sure that UAC is turned on using the highest top level. It should prompt you if it is.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/299-user-account-control-uac-change-notification-settings.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn