Permissions

I'm getting rather ticked off with the file system in general but this post
is regarding permissions.

I've already had to take "ownership" of various folders on my data
partitions but now I'm finding that when I create a document say in
CorelDraw, when I next open it to edit and then go to save I'm told it is
"read only" and I'm asked to give a different file name! This is also
happening with Word 2007. WHY? I've tried to remove the "read only"
attribute from these folders and I'm told I don't currently have permission
to do so! Sheesh. I'm the bloody owner of this machine, I'm using an Admin
account and I've taken ownership. Who then DOES have permission?
Microsoft?


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This is by default and "by design" - although it's read-only, it's only
read-only by the operating system. Basically, it's just as normal - nothing
to worry about, just a simple tick box which means very little P

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"Ian M. Walker" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> I'm getting rather ticked off with the file system in general but this
> post is regarding permissions.
>
> I've already had to take "ownership" of various folders on my data
> partitions but now I'm finding that when I create a document say in
> CorelDraw, when I next open it to edit and then go to save I'm told it is
> "read only" and I'm asked to give a different file name! This is also
> happening with Word 2007. WHY? I've tried to remove the "read only"
> attribute from these folders and I'm told I don't currently have
> permission to do so! Sheesh. I'm the bloody owner of this machine, I'm
> using an Admin account and I've taken ownership. Who then DOES have
> permission? Microsoft?
>
>
> --
> Ian M. Walker
>
> http://www.IanMWalker.com
>
> ~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~
>

Umm, Zack, please do some real trials before you post an answer.

It is NOT as normal. I CANNOT save my file except with another file-name.

I cannot change permissions - I don't have the authority to do so.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

As others have posted, this is way over the top. MS should be able to
program an OS that can tell the difference between local commands and ones
coming over the bloody internet.


Grrrrrr.



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"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:eousMItkGHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> This is by default and "by design" - although it's read-only, it's only
> read-only by the operating system. Basically, it's just as normal -
> nothing to worry about, just a simple tick box which means very little P
>
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> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
> not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Ian M. Walker" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:OHqekTZkGHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>
>

I too am fed up with what I would call "over the top" security. I'm in a
dual-boot scenario, and have admin rights on both XP and Vista. Whenever I
try to view a simple Word doc (on XP), I get "permission" errors. Is there
any way to "disable" permisions altogether in Vista?

"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

> Umm, Zack, please do some real trials before you post an answer.
>
> It is NOT as normal. I CANNOT save my file except with another file-name.
>
> I cannot change permissions - I don't have the authority to do so.
>
> THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
>
> As others have posted, this is way over the top. MS should be able to
> program an OS that can tell the difference between local commands and ones
> coming over the bloody internet.
>
>
> Grrrrrr.
>
>
>
> --
> Ian M. Walker
>
> http://www.IanMWalker.com
>
> ~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~
> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:eousMItkGHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>
>
>

Ian I haven't gotten far enough to not have permission on documents yet BUT.
I downloaded trend pccillin beta for Vista x64 and it did not properly
install so it never actually starts. I tried add remove and it couldn't
remove the program. I went to reinstall and it kept trying to uninstall so I
decided to just remove the program files. Guess what - I dont have
permission and I need to talk to the system administrator (ME). Does anyone
know how to remove a freakin file on this thing since I dont have permission.

"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

> I'm getting rather ticked off with the file system in general but this post
> is regarding permissions.
>
> I've already had to take "ownership" of various folders on my data
> partitions but now I'm finding that when I create a document say in
> CorelDraw, when I next open it to edit and then go to save I'm told it is
> "read only" and I'm asked to give a different file name! This is also
> happening with Word 2007. WHY? I've tried to remove the "read only"
> attribute from these folders and I'm told I don't currently have permission
> to do so! Sheesh. I'm the bloody owner of this machine, I'm using an Admin
> account and I've taken ownership. Who then DOES have permission?
> Microsoft?
>
>
> --
> Ian M. Walker
>
> http://www.IanMWalker.com
>
> ~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~
>
>
>

Anyone know how to remove a program file/folder. Seem that I who built the
damn machine and installed the program do not have permission.

"Ian M. Walker" wrote:

> I'm getting rather ticked off with the file system in general but this post
> is regarding permissions.
>
> I've already had to take "ownership" of various folders on my data
> partitions but now I'm finding that when I create a document say in
> CorelDraw, when I next open it to edit and then go to save I'm told it is
> "read only" and I'm asked to give a different file name! This is also
> happening with Word 2007. WHY? I've tried to remove the "read only"
> attribute from these folders and I'm told I don't currently have permission
> to do so! Sheesh. I'm the bloody owner of this machine, I'm using an Admin
> account and I've taken ownership. Who then DOES have permission?
> Microsoft?
>
>
> --
> Ian M. Walker
>
> http://www.IanMWalker.com
>
> ~ Look to your own life before worrying how others are living theirs ~
>
>
>

I ended up tsaking ownership of the whole root but even then I have problems.
The fact is that VISTA itself seems to b e the only thing that can do
things. Even with full ownership of all files it still tells me Permissions
are denied on Folders that just do not need to be 'special' inj any way. It
really is a joke the level of security they built into this and they have
gone totally OTT - I think almost everyone on here is bitching about
permissions and the anal way in which M$ have implemented them.

M$ are you listening to all this?

"Rusty" wrote:

> Anyone know how to remove a program file/folder. Seem that I who built the
> damn machine and installed the program do not have permission.
>
> "Ian M. Walker" wrote:
>

I ended up tsaking ownership of the whole root but even then I have problems.
The fact is that VISTA itself seems to b e the only thing that can do
things. Even with full ownership of all files it still tells me Permissions
are denied on Folders that just do not need to be 'special' inj any way. It
really is a joke the level of security they built into this and they have
gone totally OTT - I think almost everyone on here is bitching about
permissions and the anal way in which M$ have implemented them.

M$ are you listening to all this?


"Rusty" wrote:

> Anyone know how to remove a program file/folder. Seem that I who built the
> damn machine and installed the program do not have permission.
>
> "Ian M. Walker" wrote:
>

I ended up tsaking ownership of the whole root but even then I have problems.
The fact is that VISTA itself seems to b e the only thing that can do
things. Even with full ownership of all files it still tells me Permissions
are denied on Folders that just do not need to be 'special' inj any way. It
really is a joke the level of security they built into this and they have
gone totally OTT - I think almost everyone on here is bitching about
permissions and the anal way in which M$ have implemented them.

M$ are you listening to all this?


"Rusty" wrote:

> Anyone know how to remove a program file/folder. Seem that I who built the
> damn machine and installed the program do not have permission.
>
> "Ian M. Walker" wrote:
>

Apparently there are a LOT of us, who are having "issues" with this
particular feature, for me mIrc fails to write to its logs, because they
can't be "opened".
I have tried to change the permissions for me, but, again, it won't allow
that either.
Does anyone have any clue how to change the permissions?