Insufficient Rights Error When Running Bloomberg Professional Terminal

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Summary

Bloomberg fails to launch, and instead, returns an error message:  "You have insufficient rights to run the Bloomberg Professional Terminal.  Would you like to launch a tool to set up proper permissions?"

  • This is due to a Windows profile not having the correct rights to run Bloomberg Software.

Environment

Windows

Directions

  • Attempt to run the included Bloomberg permissions tool from the prompt (requires admin rights).
  • If the permissions tool fails, attempt a reinstall.  The installer can be found in: \\lsa-ehts.m.storage.umich.edu\lsa-ehts\Windows\Software\Bloomberg 
  • To complete the the installation it may be necessary to contact Bloomberg Support when prompted for licensing:  1-212-318-2000

External Resources

Bloomberg: List of Registry Keys where Permissions are Applied

Bloomberg: Professional Services FAQ

 

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