J. David Boyd writes: > This doesn't seem to tell me if my shell has been started with 'Run As > Administrator', it just tells me if my user is contained in the Administrator > group. No, you're not in that group unless you have actual administrator privileges. > I can start a cygwin shell, and start a cygwin shell with run as admin, and I > get the same results from the above command. Then you have UAC switched off or the place you're starting the cygwin shell from already is elevated. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Q+, Q and microQ: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple