Taking a hint provided by Nick Cox (thank you!), I found that using
Vista's "run as administrator" when invoking Stata allowed me to run
-ssc new. There is probably a permissions issue that I will
investigate later.
Regards,
Bob
Robert Fitzgerald
Senior Research Associate
MPR Associates, Inc.
2150 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
www.mprinc.com
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