Launch VSTA Editor Requires Administrator Privs?

Question

This is a follow-up to another posting I had about problems with launching the VSTA editor from various scripts.  I have been experimenting with this further and while available RAM seems to have something to do with it, more clearly appears to be that
launching VSTA requires me to be logged on as administrator.  IT security only allows us developers to get Admin for one hour at a time -- have to request it, log off, then log back on.  After an hour it expires and we would have to request again,
log off and then back on yet again for another hour.  Needless to say, this would be rather frustrating.   Any ideas about how/why launching VSTA from SSDT script tasks or components would require administrator privs and how I could get around that?
Thanks kindly,
Mike

Answer 1

Hi Mike,
Thanks for the note.  Unfortunately, things are still frustrating us.  I tried your suggestions and the VSTA editor still will not open.
 I actually completely re-formatted my machine (Windows 7) and applied Windows updates.  Then I only installed BI tools (our BI group has an install setup from a share that installs SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2012 (I was unable to insert
an image -- kept getting a note about not being able to link images until my account has been confirmed -- that's new.    I then opened my migrated 2008 Solution and a package that included a Task Script and clicked "Edit Script".  Even with
ONLY those applications installed on my box the VSTA editor will not open.  I then installed the tools you noted above (Runtime and Design-time for 64 bit) and VSTA editor will still not open.  Each time I even just open SQL Server Data Tools for
VS 2012 Windows Event log captures the errors I pasted below -- one about VS 2012 being incompatible with this version of windows and one security event (Audit Failure) that indicates "Sensitive Privilege Use".   
Another colleague had one machine where the VSTA editor in 2012 was reliably opening for him but then he imported (and converted) a 2008 package
and now the editor will no longer open for him either.   On my machine I did not try simply creating a new package in SQL Server Data Tools for VS 2012 and see if that worked.   On a VMWare instance that can be easily created we are going to try
a fresh Windows 7 install with just SSDT for VS2012 and create a new package with a Script Task to see if that works.  If that works we are starting to think there is something in the 2008 packages that breaks the VSTA editor when they are opened in 2012???
 Does that make any sense at all?
Log Name:
 Application Source:
     Microsoft-Windows-ApplicationExperienceInfrastructure Date:          4/23/2014
9:22:31 AM Event ID:      1 Task Category: None Level:         Warning Keywords:       User:          MFAD\mjg32 Computer:      R0207781.mfad.mfroot.org Description:
The application (Visual Studio 2012, from vendor Microsoft) has the following problem: Visual Studio 2012 is incompatible with this version of Windows. For more information, contact Microsoft. Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>     <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-ApplicationExperienceInfrastructure" Guid="{5EC13D8E-4B3F-422E-A7E7-3121A1D90C7A}" />     <EventID>1</EventID>     <Version>0</Version>
    <Level>3</Level>     <Task>0</Task>     <Opcode>2</Opcode>     <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>     <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-23T14:22:31.218012400Z"
/>     <EventRecordID>10213</EventRecordID>     <Correlation />     <Execution ProcessID="7256" ThreadID="3400" />     <Channel>Application</Channel>     <Computer>R0207781.mfad.mfroot.org</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2996307970-2646299502-106099678-50135" />   </System>   <EventData>     <Data Name="DBType">15</Data>     <Data Name="AppNameCount">19</Data>  
  <Data Name="AppName">Visual Studio 2012</Data>     <Data Name="VendorNameCount">10</Data>     <Data Name="VendorName">Microsoft</Data>     <Data Name="SummaryCount">106</Data>
    <Data Name="Summary">Visual Studio 2012 is incompatible with this version of Windows. For more information, contact Microsoft.</Data>     <Data Name="SessionID">1</Data>   </EventData> </Event>
Log Name:      Security
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date:          4/23/2014 9:24:30 AM
Event ID:      4673 Task Category: Sensitive Privilege Use
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Audit Failure User:          N/A
Computer:      R0207781.mfad.mfroot.org
Description: A privileged service was called.
Subject:            
Security ID:                 
MFAD\mjg32            
Account Name:                       
mjg32            
Account Domain:                    
MFAD            
Logon ID:                    
0x1a92c Service:            
Server: Security            
Service Name: - Process:            
Process ID:      0x1d7c            
Process Name:           
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
Service Request Information:            
Privileges:                   
SeCreateGlobalPrivilege Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>     <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
    <EventID>4673</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>     <Level>0</Level>
    <Task>13056</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>     <Keywords>0x8010000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-23T14:24:30.502939700Z" />
    <EventRecordID>49848</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />     <Execution ProcessID="612" ThreadID="640" />
    <Channel>Security</Channel>
    <Computer>R0207781.mfad.mfroot.org</Computer>
    <Security />   </System>
  <EventData>     <Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-21-2996307970-2646299502-106099678-50135</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserName">mjg32</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectDomainName">MFAD</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x1a92c</Data>
    <Data Name="ObjectServer">Security</Data>
    <Data Name="Service">-</Data>
    <Data Name="PrivilegeList">SeCreateGlobalPrivilege</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessId">0x1d7c</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessName">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe</Data>
  </EventData> </Event>
Log Name:      Security
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
Date:          4/23/2014 9:24:30 AM
Event ID:      4673 Task Category: Sensitive Privilege Use
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Audit Failure User:          N/A
Computer:      R0207781.mfad.mfroot.org
Description: A privileged service was called.
Subject:            
Security ID:                 
MFAD\mjg32            
Account Name:                       
mjg32            
Account Domain:                    
MFAD            
Logon ID:                    
0x1a92c Service:            
Server: Security            
Service Name: - Process:            
Process ID:      0x1d7c            
Process Name:           
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
Service Request Information:            
Privileges:                   
SeCreateGlobalPrivilege Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>     <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
    <EventID>4673</EventID>
    <Version>0</Version>     <Level>0</Level>
    <Task>13056</Task>
    <Opcode>0</Opcode>     <Keywords>0x8010000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-23T14:24:30.502939700Z" />
    <EventRecordID>49848</EventRecordID>
    <Correlation />     <Execution ProcessID="612" ThreadID="640" />
    <Channel>Security</Channel>
    <Computer>R0207781.mfad.mfroot.org</Computer>
    <Security />   </System>
  <EventData>     <Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-21-2996307970-2646299502-106099678-50135</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectUserName">mjg32</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectDomainName">MFAD</Data>
    <Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x1a92c</Data>
    <Data Name="ObjectServer">Security</Data>
    <Data Name="Service">-</Data>
    <Data Name="PrivilegeList">SeCreateGlobalPrivilege</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessId">0x1d7c</Data>
    <Data Name="ProcessName">C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe</Data>
  </EventData> </Event>