"Administrator" Madness: How Do I Convince Vista?

I'm about to install RC1, but before I do I need to know what went wrong
between 5384 and 5742. I installed 5384 and, buggy as it was, I never had
administrator/access problems. Fast forward 10 weeks, I fresh install 5742,
and suddenly I can't download a %^@! mp3 file from a pay service without
getting a 'You do not have the right to save a fiel to that folder. Save to
a temp folder instead?' type-error -- which, most often, would then tell me I
couldn't save to the temp folder either.

I understand security is a big issue in Vista, and I've been patiently
dealing with User Access Management since June. But I have only one profile
on this machine; so how can it not know I am the admin? Why would it deny me
access to saving downloaded files in my own User > Documents folder? I have
never tried to log/boot/access as anything else.

I'm pretty savvy with this (not a tech, but a 'high end user'), and it
baffles me how normals will muddle through the new access restrictions.

T.M.

I'm about to install RC1, but before I do I need to know what went wrong
between 5384 and 5742. I installed 5384 and, buggy as it was, I never had
administrator/access problems. Fast forward 10 weeks, I fresh install 5742,
and suddenly I can't download a %^@! mp3 file from a pay service without
getting a 'You do not have the right to save a fiel to that folder. Save to
a temp folder instead?' type-error -- which, most often, would then tell me I
couldn't save to the temp folder either.

I understand security is a big issue in Vista, and I've been patiently
dealing with User Access Management since June. But I have only one profile
on this machine; so how can it not know I am the admin? Why would it deny me
access to saving downloaded files in my own User > Documents folder? I have
never tried to log/boot/access as anything else.

I'm pretty savvy with this (not a tech, but a 'high end user'), and it
baffles me how normals will muddle through the new access restrictions.

T.M.

I'm am also having the very same problem, I even went so far as to reinstall
OS, worked fine for a few days, now bam...same problem again. Anyone have a
fix to this?

"tomorrows_man" wrote:

> I'm about to install RC1, but before I do I need to know what went wrong
> between 5384 and 5742. I installed 5384 and, buggy as it was, I never had
> administrator/access problems. Fast forward 10 weeks, I fresh install 5742,
> and suddenly I can't download a %^@! mp3 file from a pay service without
> getting a 'You do not have the right to save a fiel to that folder. Save to
> a temp folder instead?' type-error -- which, most often, would then tell me I
> couldn't save to the temp folder either.
>
> I understand security is a big issue in Vista, and I've been patiently
> dealing with User Access Management since June. But I have only one profile
> on this machine; so how can it not know I am the admin? Why would it deny me
> access to saving downloaded files in my own User > Documents folder? I have
> never tried to log/boot/access as anything else.
>
> I'm pretty savvy with this (not a tech, but a 'high end user'), and it
> baffles me how normals will muddle through the new access restrictions.
>
> T.M.

Hello,

"tomorrows_man" <tomorrowsman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:084F6CF4-B781-4609-9D29-7E0A02FF17ED@microsoft.com...

> I'm about to install RC1, but before I do I need to know what went wrong
> between 5384 and 5742. I installed 5384 and, buggy as it was, I never had
> administrator/access problems. Fast forward 10 weeks, I fresh install
> 5742,
> and suddenly I can't download a %^@! mp3 file from a pay service without
> getting a 'You do not have the right to save a fiel to that folder. Save
> to
> a temp folder instead?' type-error -- which, most often, would then tell
> me I
> couldn't save to the temp folder either.

- What folder are you trying to save it to?
- You mentioned "suddenly" - had you been able to save to that folder
before? If yes, what changed?
- Have you modified default security settings on the folder or taken
ownership of any files?

> I understand security is a big issue in Vista, and I've been patiently
> dealing with User Access Management since June. But I have only one
> profile
> on this machine; so how can it not know I am the admin? Why would it deny
> me
> access to saving downloaded files in my own User > Documents folder? I
> have
> never tried to log/boot/access as anything else.

You should never be denied access to your user profile directory. Although,
please remember, that if you are trying to access the hidden junctions
inside your DOCUMENTS folder (such as documents/music, etc) these are not
folders, they are junctions, and the system will not allow access to them by
default (for a good reason).


--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

I upgraded to build 5728 after restoring from an earlier image. After
upgrading to 5728 I reinstalled all my software and haven't had a problem
since, so perhaps the issue has been adressed.

SD

"tomorrows_man" wrote:

> I'm about to install RC1, but before I do I need to know what went wrong
> between 5384 and 5742. I installed 5384 and, buggy as it was, I never had
> administrator/access problems. Fast forward 10 weeks, I fresh install 5742,
> and suddenly I can't download a %^@! mp3 file from a pay service without
> getting a 'You do not have the right to save a fiel to that folder. Save to
> a temp folder instead?' type-error -- which, most often, would then tell me I
> couldn't save to the temp folder either.
>
> I understand security is a big issue in Vista, and I've been patiently
> dealing with User Access Management since June. But I have only one profile
> on this machine; so how can it not know I am the admin? Why would it deny me
> access to saving downloaded files in my own User > Documents folder? I have
> never tried to log/boot/access as anything else.
>
> I'm pretty savvy with this (not a tech, but a 'high end user'), and it
> baffles me how normals will muddle through the new access restrictions.
>
> T.M.