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Selling an old laptop of mine on EBAY. Did a fresh install of Windows 7. For some reason I cannot get permission to delete the "old windows folder" I keep going on to the security tab and setting permission for administrators to have full control of that folder, but it is still not letting me...

I was able to access my flash drive last Friday, 2/28/14, and any day prior to that without any problems however Monday, 3/3/14, I get the following error when attempting to access my drive, "You don't currently have permission to access this folder. Click Continue to permanently get access to...

I need to remove some files. I try but am denied as I don't have administrative rights. How do I get them? I m the only one to have ever used the laptop. It was bought brand new. I've run Windows since 3.1 but only with 7 have I been asked this. Is this a new feature? What's the...

I have a Mac Pro running OS X 10.8.4. It’s networked to a Win 7 machine. I can map the Mac to my Windows box and access files on the Mac from Windows. The machines connect through a switch and employ 10-dot IPs. No router. They are in the same workgroup with the same user account name and...

OK I am an IT numpty so here goes. On my desktop there is a media sync folder that arrived when I tried to move music from a blackberry to the pc. I cant delete this file as it says that I need admin permission but yet I log in as the only administrator and if I open the folder and try to...

Alright, well this is a big problem I'm having that is completely my fault but I don't know how to fix it. Recently, I changed my password for my only administrator account on my desktop, and I forgot it. There is no password hint, due to my lack of foresight. So after scouring the internet...

I want to know how to uninstall, or otherwise remove Ms Paint. To all those who are going to want to know why or tell me I shouldn't; the why is that I hate it and think it is a piece of crap. I do not and will not use it and no one else uses my computer, so there is no good reason I should be...

i'm having problems deleting a folder. before it stated that i needed SYSTEM permission, so i changed the ownership to COMPUTERNAME/MYUSERNAME. And i'm still unable to delete the folder.

I keep getting a "need permission from Trusted installer" or "system' error. Who is this guy and where do I find him? Also have some Java style "file name too long for recycle bin errors". I'd like to reclaim this wasted hard drive space after a non-eventful Win 8 install. Thanks in advance.

I am getting a message "You do not have permission to access \ \ 192.168.1.1. Contact your network administrator to request access" when i try to connect to my LAPTOP from my brother's LAPTOP. Type of connection : Wired Network Discovery is enabled File and Printer Sharing is enabled Password...

Hi, I am unable to delete two folder in temp folder as shown in the picture please help me how to delete it. Regards TJH27

I have a dell XPS 14 model L501X with windows 7 home premium sp1 64 bit version. No harddrive partitions, only C.The problem is that nothing can be installed from anywhere other than C:/ or else it says failed to launch installer. I have only one user account which is administrator(obviously)...

I have a PC in my home and I am defined as an administrator. When I download a ppt presentation from the web and I open it; I cannot store it in a local fold. When I try to store the ppt document in a local fold I get this message: " You do not have permission to store the file in this location...

I am running Windows 8. I know this forum is for Windows 7, but the Windows 8 forum is under developed and doesn't really have any members yet. I am selling my laptop, so I'm installing Windows 7 since I have Windows 8 now. I was going to install it off a flash drive. Every time I go to try to...

I have Win.7 and if I type in CMD and type something in the box it says I need to be in Administrator mode. When I go into Control Panel it shows I am Administrator. What is the problem?

Hello Win 7 I allowed this Office photo program to scan the C:\ for photos hoping to immport one I want but it installed alot of others instead. How do I get around the message that I need permission from TrustedInstaller to delete all these phorts? Thank you Peter

Hi I am new to the forum. I am from Belfast and work as....'not a lot' these days! I have an 'on-going' problem with win7.....which I believe is fairly common but today is the 'final straw'..... I create a folder on my desktop and try to move it to an external HDD....the message of 'needing...

Hi, Setup is other PC use a username and password to access user C:\Users\Public\Folder. I have no issues when win 7 PC connect. I can see the win 7 machine in workgroup network and am able to ping the win 7. However Vista PC throws out the basic Access denied. Thanks in advance for your...

I have a think pad w510 laptop that had recently been upgraded to win 7 enterprise. Every time i install something or change a setting, it asks me to allow the program then to type a username/password. After that i get an annoying error saying " the requested operation requires elevation". does...

Many times, when I try to delete or move a files or folder I am told I need the Administartor's permission. But I am the only user of this computer and definitely already have an Administrator account. What can I do?