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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Failed to create BareMetal ISO on Vista and up, if UAC is enabled</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <h3 data-id="purpose">Purpose</h3> Create ISO WinBm image for BareMetal restore <h3 data-id="description">Description</h3> <p>Mounting Bare Metal Image...<br>Cannot mount BareMetal image.<br>You must be logged-in as the administrator user, or use 'run as administrator' to run this program.<br>Failed to extract Windows Bare Metal kernel files!</p> <h3 data-id="cause">Cause</h3> <pre id="comment_text_18" class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"> Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 introduce a User Account Control (UAC) feature, which restricts the actions users can perform on certain operating system facilities, even if they are members of the Administrators group. User Account Control UAC is enabled by default on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. </pre> <h3 data-id="resolution">Resolution</h3> <p>If UAC is enabled, you should start winbm.exe with option Run as Administrator to be able to create the BareMetal image </p> </article> </main>