In my quest to find something to gripe about concerning Windows 7, I found one so far. It’s a nitpick to be sure, but it counts.
On the command line, NETSTAT is an important tool because it displays what’s going on network-wise with Windows. It’s also a very good for detecting spyware with the -b flag.
NETSTAT alone works, but when you run netstat -b, this happens:
"The requested operation requires elevation"? What does that mean?
This was a good opportunity to see if the Help section of Windows 7 would actually help me or not. I clicked the Windows "ball" then Help and Support, typed in elevation, and the first result was Command Prompt: frequently asked questions, with one of those results being, "How do I run a command with elevated privileges?"
It states:
Ah, okay. Let’s see if this works:
When running the prompt "as Administrator", I get to run NETSTAT with the -b flag like I wanted to. I also learned that for quick access to run as Admin, the right click is what you want to do.
Having to do this is nothing new to me because in Linux there are times I have to "sudo" things to do the same stuff. However in Windows this may prove to be annoying to some.
Increased security such as this in an OS (especially Windows) is a not a bad thing. Slightly annoying, yes, but not bad.
What surprised me most, said very honestly, is that Windows Help was actually helpful. Imagine that.
I’ll be installing the RC soon, can’t wait to try it out. I have heard nothing but good things about 7 so far. Thanks for all the write ups on it!
Hi Rich,
There is an easier way to do this if you have admin rights, and it only applies to the profile that is in use:
Go to Start
Then -
Getting Started / Tasks
Then -
Change UAC settings
You can select the level that you want to run your programs at, easier and faster than run as.
If you have other users that use the same computer then leave their profiles alone and then use the ‘run as’.
Nice article.