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Right-click Start-&gt;All Programs-&gt;Accessories-&gt;Com<wbr />mand Prompt, choose Run as Administrator
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Right-click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt, choose Run as Administrator

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Thanks for the comment. I was already logged in as Administrator. There is only one admin account on the PC. That is the one I use.<br />
When I start the Command line app, I am already logged in as Admin. But, when I get home I will try to use your solution.<br />
Thanks.<br />

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Thanks for the comment. I was already logged in as Administrator. There is only one admin account on the PC. That is the one I use.
When I start the Command line app, I am already logged in as Admin. But, when I get home I will try to use your solution.
Thanks.


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not many folks running vista home premium iguess - the solution put me on the right track
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not many folks running vista home premium iguess - the solution put me on the right track

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I am seeing a ton of hard drive activity, even when I have zero applications open and I am not doing any syncing or backups. I was logged in as admin, opened a DOS prompt and typed &quot;netstat -b&quot; The error message read, &quot;The requested operation requires elevation.&quot;<br />
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netstat runs with the -a, -o, -e and -n qualifiers, but NOT -b.<br />
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Any suggestions?<br />

<pre><code id="code-401316">netstat -b
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I am seeing a ton of hard drive activity, even when I have zero applications open and I am not doing any syncing or backups. I was logged in as admin, opened a DOS prompt and typed "netstat -b" The error message read, "The requested operation requires elevation."

netstat runs with the -a, -o, -e and -n qualifiers, but NOT -b.

Any suggestions?

Vista refuses to run Netstat -b

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