folder permissions

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...

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 -_-)...

Hi, I’m running Windows 7-64 Bits and I’m very happy so far :razz: I have other 3 PCs (Windows 7-32 and XP), all connected through my wired home network. My problem is: I can access and modify files and folders from the PC with Win 7-64, but I can’t access this PC from the...

Hello all, I keep running into this problem on my vista business machines. I will try to add a domain account to a local folders security list and when I hit check name it will tell me that it can't find that user. When I hit advanced it tells me that "The server is not operational". All my...

I have read article after article and have been unable to answer this question: Does vista virtualize only certain resources? For instance, is virtualization limited only to Program Files, Users, and Windows folders and HKLM\Software in the registry? Can I create a limited access folder on...

I've been running Vista for about a month and it appeares to be really nice, Then I tried to install Sitepad Pro from Modelworks. It seems that during the install several directories are created and even though I'm running as Administrator and I've turned off that pesky UAC and I've gone in and...