folder permissions

Hello, I recently got a new laptop and was eager to setup a wireless network to transfer files from my laptop to my desktop. My laptop is running Win 7 while my desktop is using XP. After I configured the network, file sharing seemed to work perfectly except that on my desktop, I can access...

Hello I am using Windows 7 ultimate x86_64 What are different types of groups like User, SYSTEM, authenticated users ? Who belong to those groups? I don't want any users should access certain drives and folders. Only administrator should have full control. What i did is...

Hi, I have done searches for this, but everything just seems to point to basic folder sharing :frown: I have 4 computers on a LAN (workgroup), one of them is a "server". All are running W7 Ultimate. I want to make a folder on the server shared only to MY computer account, so that nobody else...

I have an Admin account and a Guest account. I've worked out how to share folders (not just by using the "Libraries > Public" section) -- I right click a folder, go so Share With > Advanced Sharing > Security > go to Users section > select Full Control. That way both accounts can play and save...

I bought a new USB drive to replace a smaller one. I created a folder on the new drive and moved all files from the old drive to the new one. By moving the files, my old drive is now empty. I am unable to access the folder on the new drive as I get access denied. I am the only user on this...

Please help, My old computer broke down, so I took the internal hard drive out and connected to the new computer using a sata&ide to USB cable. The new computer recognises the drive and I eventually worked out how to grant access permission to a file to allow me to transfer a file to the new...

Dear All, I currently have a workgroup set up involving 4 computers with Windows 7. The network, prior to my modifications, worked very well, all of the computers were able to access each other's folders. The only problem with this set up, however, was that there was no permissions set; more...

Hey all, First off, let me state that I have looked elsewhere (on other windows forums and tech forums in general) for solutions to this problem, but to no avail. I have found problems similar to the one I'm experiencing, but no tech support guy or gal has got the answer figured out. This is...

I have been working with Adobe forum but no results. I just purchased the Asus with Windows 7. I can down load Adobe reader but get install it. During the install I get the following error. I am woundering if Windows 7 is my problem? Error 1310. Error writing to...

Hi, I've done something stupid. In the folder "shared" so had "all" access. But what are "all"? I have passwords on my router. But in "Network" I see other individuals I do not recognize, and can access these folders (in some), but many of the required password (looked at this when I...

I need some serious help guys. I'm not exactly dumb in the field of computers but this one has me stumped. Half of the folders on my computer are locked for absolutely no reason. My friend did something by accident (he doesn't know what) and now all my folders with itunes (music) and my...

Hello. I am on a network where my boss has access to all of my data using my id and password via the network (he does not login to my computer). There are personal drives/folders that I would like to hide from him even seeing. Is it possible to set a permission on a drive/folder to be "local...

I have a Del mini laptop with W7 starter. I want to be able to access some folders on it from other computers on my wireless peer-to-peer network. The two W7 PCs of the network are set to "work", not to a "home", because 2 of my 4 PCs are not W7. But my W7 pro computer can't see the mini's...

Hi all. First, i'm the Administrator, and using administrator account. every time i access to a folder in the Drivers. (C,E,D,F) tell you need permission ! is this a joke ? does i need everytime to press continue to access a folder ? i want to disable this thing. and Second, Windows explorer...

I just installed Windows7 Professional with 2 standard users. I wanted to restrict access to one user's documents from the other. I was successful in doing that but then later I deleted both users and user files. Now I can't access the restricted root directory even as Administrator. If I take...

Hello everyone. First of all, by the title, this seems like a common problem, but I think my situation may be different, as I've tried most of the common solutions. Background: Installed W7 last night on my OS partition (I have a separate programs and data partitions on the same drive). As...

I need to replace a file in System 32 for one of my programs to work, but for some reason it's telling me I need permission to do it. I tried changing my permissions for the system32 folder but apparently my Admin status isn't high enough to do that. So how do I gain complete control over...

hi everyone! my pc system is recovering from a serious crash resulting from a partition chaos (i happened to have been the cause ;) ) so - the pc boots again ... BUT, there are some issues i would be happy to find answers for in this forum: 1) windows 7 boots ... then goes into "starting...

Once I finished loading WIN 7 RC this past weekend - I attempted to copy some files from an old XP Pro Drive via USB Ext HDD to my new DELL Studio XPS machine. The XP machine died a couple of weeks ago. I am able to see and access the files from the old C; drive but when I attempt to connect...

hi guys, I'm having some issues with sharing folders under windows 7. But let me first say that I use the german version of windows so my terminiology may not always be right (not to mention my english ;-)) ... I hope you get it nonetheless. So I'm describing the steps I did (numerous times -_-)...