# User did not grant permission (admin mode on) **URL:** \ **Category:** balenaEtcher\ **Created:** [April 22, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/user-did-not-grant-permission-admin-mode-on/370358 "2024-04-22T15:51:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnnyDalvi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/johnnydalvi/32/9764_2.png) [@JohnnyDalvi](https://forums.balena.io/u/JohnnyDalvi)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/user-did-not-grant-permission-admin-mode-on/370358/1 "2024-04-22T15:51:10Z")
Hello guys, how are you? I’m trying to use balena on windows 10 to burn Ubunto to a sdcard. The problem happens when I try to flash after choosing both the image and the driver. It gives me the “Something went wrong. If it is a compressed image please check of the archive is not corrupted. User did not grant permission.” error even though I’m executing as adminsitrator. The console gives me this: ![image (1)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/5/5fafe9f8104bcf2b253de975a7a0f3a30abfeef5.png) ---
**Author:** ![alanb128](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/alanb128/32/2839_2.png) [@alanb128](https://forums.balena.io/u/alanb128)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/user-did-not-grant-permission-admin-mode-on/370358/2 "2024-04-24T02:16:29Z")
Hello, is the Image you are trying to flash compressed? If so can you try uncompressing/unzipping the file first and then see if you get the same error in Etcher? ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyDalvi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/johnnydalvi/32/9764_2.png) [@JohnnyDalvi](https://forums.balena.io/u/JohnnyDalvi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/user-did-not-grant-permission-admin-mode-on/370358/3 "2024-04-24T19:57:52Z")
Thanks for replying, I’ve found the issue, was the sdcard adapter that wasn’t working properly.