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14. July 2009 by Myke.
“I cannot put my Citrix server into install mode. It keeps saying I am not an administrator and my account is a domain admin. WTF gives man?”
Over the last few weeks we have received multiple e-mails asking why they cannot get a Terminal/Citrix server in install mode. Each time they do this they encounter the following error, “Only members of the Administrators group may enable Install Mode”. The problem is not due to your account and the privileges it has. These new Operating Systems have elevated security as compared to Server 2003 and Windows XP. If you just right-click on CMD.exe (located at C:\Windows\System32) and select “Run as Administrator” and then place the server or machine into Install Mode (change user /install) you should be fine. This is annoying to a point but at the same time a nice security feature. As always with Microsoft, it irritates us at first but we soon learn to do it out of habit.
Note - If you have renamed and/or disabled your built-in Administrator account, you can still run the task above. If you still have any questions please feel free to let us know. Cheers.
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