Cannot run "Contig" (defrag tool) as Admin on Vista

I have a Vista Ultimate on my system. I want to defrag some specific
directories/files, so I have downloaded "Contig" (sysinternals toolset)
from the Microsoft site. When I try to run this tool as normal user I
got "Access Denied" message. I have logged in as the System
Administrator and got the same "Access Denied" message.

How can I run the "Contig" tool on Vista? What are the proper settings?

Thank you in advance.

NJ

Hi Neil,

Click start, type CMD and right click the entry that appears in the start
menu. Choose "run as administrator". Run contig from this elevated prompt.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Neil Jones" <castellan2004-> wrote in message
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>I have a Vista Ultimate on my system. I want to defrag some specific
> directories/files, so I have downloaded "Contig" (sysinternals toolset)
> from the Microsoft site. When I try to run this tool as normal user I
> got "Access Denied" message. I have logged in as the System
> Administrator and got the same "Access Denied" message.
>
> How can I run the "Contig" tool on Vista? What are the proper settings?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> NJ

Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> Click start, type CMD and right click the entry that appears in the
> start menu. Choose "run as administrator". Run contig from this elevated
> prompt.
>

Hello Rick,

Thank you! This works now.

Regards,

NJ

Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hi Neil,
>
> Click start, type CMD and right click the entry that appears in the
> start menu. Choose "run as administrator". Run contig from this elevated
> prompt.
>

Hello Rick,

Thank you! This works now.

Regards,

NJ

You seem to be saying that it is necessary to use "run as administrator"
eventhough the account being used is an Administrator. Is my understanding
correct? If so then it sure helps to know that it can make a difference to
do that. It is not logical of course.

I am sorry if I am hijacking this thread, but I think my question is
relevant and useful. I have a similar problem that I am researching. I will
create a new thread if I don't get my specific problem(s) is (are) not
solved.


"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Neil,
>
> Click start, type CMD and right click the entry that appears in the start
> menu. Choose "run as administrator". Run contig from this elevated prompt.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Neil Jones" <castellan2004-> wrote in message
> news:fDo5l.18113$...
>>I have a Vista Ultimate on my system. I want to defrag some specific
>> directories/files, so I have downloaded "Contig" (sysinternals toolset)
>> from the Microsoft site. When I try to run this tool as normal user I
>> got "Access Denied" message. I have logged in as the System
>> Administrator and got the same "Access Denied" message.
>>
>> How can I run the "Contig" tool on Vista? What are the proper settings?
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> NJ
>

Rick,
I only came across this Elevated prompt thing myself the other day when
being given help troubleshooting another issue. Never heard of it before.

Neil,
Is Ultimate different from Vista Bus. Ed.? Or is this some sort of special
defrag you are doing? I thought all Windows OS had a defrag program.


"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi Neil,
>
> Click start, type CMD and right click the entry that appears in the start
> menu. Choose "run as administrator". Run contig from this elevated prompt.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Neil Jones" <castellan2004-> wrote in message
> news:fDo5l.18113$...
> >I have a Vista Ultimate on my system. I want to defrag some specific
> > directories/files, so I have downloaded "Contig" (sysinternals toolset)
> > from the Microsoft site. When I try to run this tool as normal user I
> > got "Access Denied" message. I have logged in as the System
> > Administrator and got the same "Access Denied" message.
> >
> > How can I run the "Contig" tool on Vista? What are the proper settings?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > NJ
>
>

"Sam Hobbs" <> wrote in message
news:...
> You seem to be saying that it is necessary to use "run as administrator"
> eventhough the account being used is an Administrator.

In Vista, even the administrator account runs as a limited user
account. The administrative level token is available through a
consent prompt. This use is similar to that of any other limited
privilege account except that the other accounts prompt for
credentials rather than just the consent to use those already
available via Vista's Admin Approval Mode.

Still, it is not recommended to use the administrator account
for everyday usage because Vista's implementation of UAC's
AAM is not a security boundary.

Hi,

Ultimate has all the features of Business plus the multimedia aspects of the
Home versions. Read up on the use of the contig tool here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb897428.aspx

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"LDM" <> wrote in message
news:F922578C-C21D-40D9-8D0C-...
> Rick,
> I only came across this Elevated prompt thing myself the other day when
> being given help troubleshooting another issue. Never heard of it before.
>
> Neil,
> Is Ultimate different from Vista Bus. Ed.? Or is this some sort of special
> defrag you are doing? I thought all Windows OS had a defrag program.
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>> Click start, type CMD and right click the entry that appears in the start
>> menu. Choose "run as administrator". Run contig from this elevated
>> prompt.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Neil Jones" <castellan2004-> wrote in
>> message
>> news:fDo5l.18113$...
>> >I have a Vista Ultimate on my system. I want to defrag some specific
>> > directories/files, so I have downloaded "Contig" (sysinternals toolset)
>> > from the Microsoft site. When I try to run this tool as normal user I
>> > got "Access Denied" message. I have logged in as the System
>> > Administrator and got the same "Access Denied" message.
>> >
>> > How can I run the "Contig" tool on Vista? What are the proper
>> > settings?
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance.
>> >
>> > NJ
>>
>>

"FromTheRafters" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> This use is similar to that of any other limited
> privilege account

It is substantially different from the way security works in previous
versions of Windows. I was not aware of that before I saw this thread
earlier today.

> Still, it is not recommended to use the administrator account
> for everyday usage because Vista's implementation of UAC's
> AAM is not a security boundary.

It is not recommended to use the administrator account for everyday usage;
period, end of advice.

Much of Vista security attempts to reduce the vulnerabilities caused by
violation of that excellent policy. I support use of limited accounts for
everyday usage and have complied with that advice since my first use of NT,
eventhough I am a developer and the only user of my systems. This Vista
security stuff evidently is the result of Microsoft not emphasizing and
supporting use of limited accounts in the past.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m...07.06.uac.aspx

"Sam Hobbs" <> wrote in message
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>
> "FromTheRafters" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> This use is similar to that of any other limited
>> privilege account
>
> It is substantially different from the way security works in previous
> versions of Windows. I was not aware of that before I saw this thread
> earlier today.
>
>> Still, it is not recommended to use the administrator account
>> for everyday usage because Vista's implementation of UAC's
>> AAM is not a security boundary.
>
> It is not recommended to use the administrator account for everyday usage;
> period, end of advice.
>
> Much of Vista security attempts to reduce the vulnerabilities caused by
> violation of that excellent policy. I support use of limited accounts for
> everyday usage and have complied with that advice since my first use of
> NT, eventhough I am a developer and the only user of my systems. This
> Vista security stuff evidently is the result of Microsoft not emphasizing
> and supporting use of limited accounts in the past.