Launching Sage 100 Contractor to run as administrator for scheduling reports

Important! On computers running Windows 7 Professional or Server 2008 R2 Standard, scheduling Sage 100 Contractor reports requires that you “run as administrator” or to “run the program as administrator.”

Microsoft Windows changed security rules in the Windows 7 Professional and Server 2008 R2 Standard operating systems to make your computer more secure. If you are running Sage 100 Contractor as a typical user, then you have limited privileges in some areas of the program, such as saving a report schedule. To save a report schedule, you must launch Sage 100 Contractor with the command to either Run as administrator or Run this program as an administrator.

When you select either command, the settings are limited to you personally. Your settings to run Sage 100 Contractor as administrator do not affect the next person who logs on and launches Sage 100 Contractor from this computer. Your settings on this computer can either be temporary or persistent. For example, when you select Run as administrator, you run the program as administrator for that session only. When you select Run this program as an administrator, you set program properties to always run the program as administrator when you log on to this computer.

Note: "Run as administrator" and "Run this program as an administrator" are not related to Windows 7 Professional or Server 2008 R2 Standard operating systems user groups but are limited to a specific program you are running.

To set "Run as administrator":

1. On your Windows desktop, right-click the Sage 100 Contractor program icon.
2. From the drop-down menu, to launch the program, click Run as administrator.

Note: Selecting Run as administrator only runs the current session of running Sage 100 Contractor. The setting does not persist after the session is over.

To set "Run this program as an administrator":

1. On your Windows desktop, right-click the Sage 100 Contractor program icon.
2. From the drop-down menu, click Properties.
3. On the Sage 100 Contractor Properties window, click the Compatibility tab.
4. Under Privileges Level, select Run this program as an administrator.
5. Click [Apply], and then click [OK].

Note: Selecting Run this program as an administrator always runs the program with these properties when you launch the program on this computer. The setting persists.