permission issues

Ok, so I tried setting my password file (save my passwords in) to apparently stupidly high security. I have ownership, and set read and write permission to Deny through the security tab in the properties dialog for Admin through Guests. I assumed that, by having ownership, it would not Deny...

I am getting this when trying to install a program: Microsoft Installer Error: 1326 It has to do with having permission to create a file. I can't find any help on getting around it. I have taken ownership of files and folders. I am running as administrator. I have run the install as...

I recently updated to windows 7 pro from vista home premium. My laptop has two hard drives, C (w/ 30 gb and D (w/ 180 gb). Vista came on my C drive but I installed 7 on my D drive because it had more space. Now though my C drive still contains the Windows folder from Vista and it's taking up 20...

For reasons I won't bore you with, I need to make the file C:\Windows\Fonts\msgothic.ttc unavailable for a while, so I want to temporarily rename it to msgothic.ttc.old. Anybody who's tried to rename an installed font file in Win7 could probably guess what happened: Then I discovered the...

I am having a problem accessing files. I was running vista til my had to do a fresh install of windows 7. I had been backing up with nt backup and still have those files. They were under an administrator account. When I attempt to restore them I see the files transfered but am unable to see them...

First off, for some reason I can't load this page properly on Opera browser, everything seems to be loaded but when i put my cursor in either the Title or Body box to start typing my message, it doesn't work, and it's not lag either, it's like as if a script or something is blocking it, sort of...

Hi Everyone, How come I keep getting admin prompts and warnings and sometimes am even told I need to seek admin permission to do things even though my account is an admin account?? Many thanks Dan :)

So my laptop's ac/dc port died and it was going to cost a bit to fix so decided to take the hdd out of it and put it in an enclosure, The hdd is running fine and the enclosure works great however i think there is a security issue on win 7, i try to access or move or copy my files from the hdd...

I am running Windows XP 32 bit on my C: drive and Windows 7 RC on a second hard drive H: , using a dual boot system. I have not even used XP since installing Win 7. All my data files are located on H: and also backed up to an external hard drive. I will be upgrading (clean install) of Windows 7...

Hi, I want to give another user (bkupuser1) the SeSecurityPrivilege like Administrator has. First I added the user in the Backup Operators group, using lusrmgr.msc program. However when I started a CMD prompt as the user and did: whoami /all I could see the privilege was not granted...

So far i am (hate to say it) loving windows7 had an issue with a icplus 10/100 ethernet adapter but replaced with a d-link and no trouble....i have issues with the three mentioned software bits as they hang ...and run two to three instances in task manger processes....once i remove and restart...

Hello everyone, I have 2 windows 7 pcs both hooked through a linksys router, they both have internet acces, I have made my home network "DIRTYLARRY" and both computers are a member of the Network. The problem I have is this: pc1 sees pc2 in the Network, but when I click on the icon to access...

I have brought my external hard drive from my home to my son's house. Once connected, I tried to view a folder in the root of the drive. I get the pop-up message "You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click continue to permanently get access to this folder." After I click...

While running the Beta version I moved "My Documents" to D:\data. Today I reformatted and installed the Release Candidate but now I can not access the Data folder. I tried taking ownership of the folder and subfolders. Now I can get into the top directory (D:\data) but I can't get into any of...

Hey I had a dual boot of vista on another parition that i didnt need anymore so i eraced it but I cant seem to erace about 2 gigs worth of stuff in the windows folder including the folder and program files folder no matter what I try it wont give me permission to do it, ive tried some stuff it...