I am connected to wireless network in my city. The problem is that when I want to connect to city wireless I need to add a route in Command prompt. In XP it works fine, but when I type this in Vista:

route -p add 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0 10.46.2.1

I recive this message:

The requested operation requires elevation.

I realy need to do that, otherwise I can't access any page on wireless except 10.46.2.*.

Try to run the Command Prompt with elevated privileges before running the "route" command. Simply right-click the "Command Prompt" and choose to "Run as Administrator". That will initiate the UAC prompt for elevated privileges. If you are a member of the local administrator-group you should simply have to select continue, otherwise you need to enter the administrative password.

Regards

Johan Lindfors
Microsoft AB

I am trying to install Poser 7 from a disk and I am getting this same error. "The requested operation requires elevation" is the error that I get when it goes to install Poser 7. (A newer version of the same software). Thank you.

I tried to install Poser 6 (trial version), I did not get any problem.

Here are th steps that I followed.

1. download the zip file to the desktop.

2. Extract the files.

3. Run the exe.( got an elevated prompt.) and installation proceeds.

regards

Santhi

When I tried to add a persistent route using the following (in elevated mode):

route -p ADD 192.168.1.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.50

The route is added and I get an OK! prompt, but is not persistent, nor is it listed as a persistent route on the route print screen, can anyone tell me why

BTW, my email addy is: paul(at)mrpix(dot)co(dot)uk .. well you know what I mean, if anyone has any ideas how to make this persistent, I would be grateful.

MrPix

In theory, it should be possible from the command prompt, try using the runas command (type runas / in cmd for all of the options). You can use the following line to run the cmd shell as Administrator using the run window:

runas /user:administrator cmd

So far, I can get the runas to work, but I'm running into an error stating that access is denied. Either I'm fatfingering the password, or there is some policy setting I need to tweak. I'll let you know if I figure out what I'm doing wrong.

In theory, it should be possible from the command prompt, try using the runas command (type runas / in cmd for all of the options). You can use the following line to run the cmd shell as Administrator using the run window: runas /user:administrator cmd So far, I can get the runas to work, but I'm running into an error stating that access is denied. Either I'm fatfingering the password, or there is some policy setting I need to tweak. I'll let you know if I figure out what I'm doing wrong.

As a followup, I was able to get this to work fine if I used the domain admin account or a local or domain user account that is assigned to the local administrators group. For some reason however, if I try to specify administrator directly (as shown in the snippet above), it doesn't work. Here is a snippet of what worked:

runas /user:machinename\username cmd

(replace machinename and username as appropriate)

Were you looking under the 'compatability' tab instead of the 'Shortcut' tab The check box should be in the Shortcut tab, under Advanced.

when I right click on the command prompt, it does not show me this option.

if i do "runas /showtrustlevels" it says the only levels available on this computer basic.

I am running Vista Premium, RC1, fully licensed, with one account on the local computer, that is an administrator account.

why don't I see an option for elevated privledges

AFAIK runas.exe doesn't do elevation.

What options do you have when you right click on a command prompt shortcut Not having "Run as administrator" is a little worrisome.

Ok, this clarifies things :)

The early post said "Simply right-click the "Command Prompt" " - which to me meant click on the title bar of the active command prompt window, which did nothing. But you were more specific and said to right click the 'command prompt shortcut", which I found, and yes, this did have the option for "run as administrator".

Thanks!

Mike

You could log on with a Standard User account and then UAC will prompt for full Administrative credentials if you want to run a privileged task, The elevate.vbs powertoy can be used if you need a way of doing this from a command line. Alternatively you can just tweak the setting for UAC to 'Request Credentials' using the Local Security Policy (or a tool like TweakUAC) and then use your normal account as if it was a Standard User.

Note that UAC offers considerably more protection than the standard Unix root/user seperation (which Windows has also offered since NT) as it is a form of Mandatory Access Control. Think of it as being similar in purpose to SELinux.

I have a mesh style site-to-site VPN network, and I use classless static routes (Option 249) in DHCP. Apparently, these routes are not getting set on Vista clients because the computer wont allow the command unless set manually. We need to use this feature in order for vpn user to be able to access our entire network. Are there any work arounds

Thanks!

Andrew

I am also having this problem.

Although the persistant routes I've put in place are not showing on *route print*... are they actually there Will they dissapear on a restart

Richard.

Did you ever get a fix for this I am having the same issue.