Run As Administrator

Question

Hope this is the correct forum. Whilst trying to run SFC /SCANNOW on my Inspiron 1525 laptop with Windows XP Sp3 in an attempt to solve a problem with its Reliability & Performance utility, (the subject of my post entitled 'Lost Performance Information'  relating to Updating My Score), I keep getting a message telling me that 'You must be an administrator running a console session in order to use the sfc utility'. I am the owner and sole user and have carried out many functions before, needing administrator status. Can anyone please tell me what I need to do to enable the sfc utility?

kirkd · Accepted Answer

You need to right click on the Command Box ICON and then CLICK on Run as Administrator' in the right click menu. The Command Box will open and you then type in SFC /SCANNOW.

DELL-Jesse L · Answer

verve1,

Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.

Run sfc/scannow from a command prompt.

Command Prompt can be accessed via the Command Prompt shortcut located in the Accessories program group in Windows.

Another way to access Command Prompt would be to execute cmd or cmd.exe from the Run dialog.

kirkd · Answer

Go to the Command Prompt, right click and click on Run as Administrator, then run the command.

verve1 · Answer

Thank you both for your replies. I have already previously tried both your suggestions but after typing 'run as administrator' in the command prompt window, I get a message 'Run is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable programme or batch file'.

verve1 · Answer

That's great. Many thanks for that Kirk. I was able to get it to work that time. I was obviously doing it the wrong way before. I can now go back to my previous problem post. Thanks again. Brian.

Mtumishi · Answer

What command box is this and where do I find it? I have been told to sign on as administrator for my Dell Insperion 15.

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