Hello

On a up-to-date test host running XPSP2, logged on as admin, I get
"Access denied" messages when running network utilties in a DOS box
such as "netstat", "ipconfig", or "ping". Nothing shows up in the
Event Viewer.

I don't know why XP is doing this. Any idea?

Thank you.

"Gilles Ganault" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> On a up-to-date test host running XPSP2, logged on as admin, I get
> "Access denied" messages when running network utilties in a DOS box
> such as "netstat", "ipconfig", or "ping". Nothing shows up in the
> Event Viewer.
>
> I don't know why XP is doing this. Any idea?
>
> Thank you.
This is a permission issue. However, getting such a message when trying to
access these utilities is way out of the ordinary.
First, determine what the permissions on these utilities are. A member of
the administrators group can always perform this task.
Next, set the permissions to allow full access to members of the
administrators group. A member can always do this.

Finally, check your machine for malware. Unexplained changes to permissions
is usually a sign of such things. (Unless some pranksters live in your
house).

Jim

On Apr 5, 8:52*pm, Gilles Ganault <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> On a up-to-date test host running XPSP2, logged on as admin, I get
> "Access denied" messages when running network utilties in a DOS box
> such as "netstat", "ipconfig", or "ping". Nothing shows up in the
> Event Viewer.
>
> I don't know why XP is doing this. Any idea?
>
> Thank you.

Salut Gilles,

How are your IP addresses being assigned - server, router?
If it's via a router, try resetting the router.

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:59:15 GMT, "Jim" <jim-norris@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
>This is a permission issue. However, getting such a message when trying to
>access these utilities is way out of the ordinary.

It's very strange. It's a clean, test host, on which I'm connected as
admin. Even running wget in a DOS box says "Access denied".

On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:59:15 GMT, "Jim" <jim-norris@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:
>This is a permission issue. However, getting such a message when trying to
>access these utilities is way out of the ordinary.

Found what it was: It's the Comodo firewall that was causing this.
Removing it solved the issue. I'll go ask for information over there.
Thanks.

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:08:46 +0200, Gilles Ganault <nospam@nospam.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:59:15 GMT, "Jim" <jim-norris@sbcglobal.com>
>wrote:
>>This is a permission issue. However, getting such a message when trying to
>>access these utilities is way out of the ordinary.
>
>Found what it was: It's the Comodo firewall that was causing this.
>Removing it solved the issue. I'll go ask for information over there.
>Thanks.

Which version of Comodo are you using ? I`m using v2.0 , tried v3.0
but prefer v2.0 .

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:08:46 +0200, Gilles Ganault <nospam@nospam.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:59:15 GMT, "Jim" <jim-norris@sbcglobal.com>
>wrote:
>>This is a permission issue. However, getting such a message when trying to
>>access these utilities is way out of the ordinary.
>
>Found what it was: It's the Comodo firewall that was causing this.
>Removing it solved the issue. I'll go ask for information over there.
>Thanks.

Which version of Comodo are you using ? I`m using v2.0 , tried v3.0
but prefer v2.0 .

On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:11:52 +0100, bojimbo26one@aol.com wrote:
>Which version of Comodo are you using ? I`m using v2.0 , tried v3.0
>but prefer v2.0 .

The latest 3.0. I like the 3 interface better :-)