[cvsnt] CVSNT Control Panel is Read Only

Tony Hoyle tony.hoyle at march-hare.com
Sat Nov 15 13:45:57 GMT 2008


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Stefan Berglund wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Sorry if this is a stupid question,  but I've been trying to set up
> CVSNT on my Vista Enterprise computer but I can't seem to be able to
> configure it.
> Everytime I open the CVSNT Control Panel it says "Read Only" in the
> title bar of the window, and all options are greyed out.
> I can see that the services are started but I can't stop or start
> them. Nor can I configure any repositories. Everything is greyed out.

You need to use the elevation button.

> I installed CVSNT with my user which have adminstrator rights.

It's a 'feature' of vista that administrators don't have administrator 
rights, so there's nothing a control panel app can do without elevation.

Tony


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