can u guys stop overwhelming my email on a daily basis. its just a word processing program. thank you !
sincerely, mato_wshi ________________________________ From: Guy Voets <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 12, 2010 10:42:13 AM Subject: Re: [users] Cannot open my Open Office documents Why is the thread below overflowing on this one? Nicolay, the OP here, gave no info whatsoever aboit 'elevation' etc. -- Guy 2010/1/12 Marcello Romani <[email protected]>: > Marcello Romani ha scritto: >> >> Rob Clement ha scritto: >>> >>> On 11/01/2010 10:41, Hazel Howard wrote: >>>> >>>> I have Open Office 3.1 installed. >>>> >>>> When I try to open my Open Office documents I get the following pop-up: >>>> >>>> "The requested operation needs elevation" >>>> >>>> I don't know what this means. >>>> >>>> Please help me. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Hazel Howard (Mrs) >>> >>> Hi Hazel >>> >>> I have never seen this error message. I think, however we need a little >>> more information. >>> >>> What operating system are you using (Windows - XP, Vista or 7, Linux - >>> which one, or Apple - which one) >>> >>> Was your OpenOffice program downloaded from www.openoffice.org? >>> >>> When did you last restart your system? >>> >>> How did you attempt to open this file? Did you double-click the file you >>> wanted to open in a file manager, or run the OOo program and the do >File >>> >Open. Please report what you did before the error message appeared. Which >>> ever option you tried (double click or file open) can you try the other and >>> tell us of any other messages. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> Just a quick search with that error message: >> >> >> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowssecurity/thread/3a3085d2-2b19-4277-8146-3edd217cfbc9 >> >> http://tinyurl.com/yeflt5h >> >> > > [wrong link deleted -- see below] > >> >> From which I think this post is relevant: >> >> "Requires Elevation" is a symptom of the increased security measures that >> have been implemented in Windows Vista. It's all part of the same concept >> that has you confirming that you are the administrator over and over again. >> In other words, "Requires Elevation" is a part of what's called "User >> Access Control" or UAC. >> There are two or three approaches to dealing with the message. >> The term "elevation" simply means that you need a "higher" level of access >> to the system than you currently have. The privileges associated with your >> current login need to be temporarily raised or "elevated" to a more >> privileged or powerful level. >> In practice, all this really means is that you need to be the >> administrator, or that you need to allow the program trying to run to >> elevate itself to administrative privileges by typing in the administrator >> password. >> >> HTH >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > Correct link: > > http://ask-leo.com/requires_elevation_what_does_that_mean_and_what_do_i_do.html > > http://tinyurl.com/yjn9xf3 > > -- > Marcello Romani > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
