read access

About this tag
Discussions tagged with 'read access' on WindowsForum.com cover a range of Windows permission and access issues. Users ask about Copilot's ability to read personal files on OneDrive and its access limitations. Others troubleshoot folder sharing conflicts between the simplified Share panel and Advanced Sharing in Windows, where read-only permissions set for Everyone may not persist. Permission inheritance and deny precedence cause problems when setting up a network drop box folder. Developers encounter read access restrictions when listing files in system directories like C:\Windows\System32\drivers, even when running as administrator. General write and read access failures across all drives in Windows 7 are also reported, despite admin privileges.

  1. Copilot access limitations?

    I once asked the Copilot for some explanation, and it came up with a reference to one of my files on Onedrive. The Copilot is a powerful search engine, and it is my data, I have the right to accessing it, I know, but a Copilot searching through my data, makes me rather nervous. Has the Copilot...
    • bochane
    • Thread
    • copilot privacy data security onedrive read access
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Windows Security
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    Windows 10 Hard drive issue

    Hi everyone, I'm having a similar issue , when my HP all in one pavillion model 23-p108a tries to boot the screen goes blue with the crash code stating that hard drive is not mountable , so i tried to test the hardware which tested all , memory and hardrive and everything else and it was all...
    • Joedude
    • Thread
    • boot issues crash code data recovery device compatibility error message external drive hard drive hibernation hp pavilion linux lite mbr memory test read access startup system repair system restore tech support windows partition
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 8 folder sharing vs advanced sharing

    i'm trying to share a folder so in properties i click the "advanced sharing" button and do everyone - read only, homegroupusers - full. save and exit. then i check the "share" simplified panel and it only lists myself as owner. so i add everyone - read only, homegroup - full. go back to...
    • Talbot
    • Thread
    • advanced sharing full access homegroup network sharing permissions read access shared folders storage transfer windows 8
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Networking
  4. E

    Windows 7 Setting Permissions on a DropBox (_not_ the website)

    I am trying to set permissions on a folder to serve as a drop box on a network volume so that I retain full control and the <everyone> group can add files and read the contents, but cannot change anything once uyploaded to the folder. Or, listed a different way: administrator -- full control...
    • exoboy
    • Thread
    • access control administrator data management deny permissions dropbox everyone file management network network volume permissions read access security shared folders system administration user groups windows write access
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. M

    Windows 7 Problems reading or listing certain files in Windows directory

    I've built my own application that searches for files and have set it to run as administrator, however it won't read/detect most of the sys files in c:\windows\system32\drivers. I did some checking and most cygwin EXEs also have the same problem. For example, if I cd to that directory and do...
    • mutantninja
    • Thread
    • administrator application cygwin directory access drivers effectivepermissions executable file list file search file system filehiding permissions read access security sysfiles system32 user rights wfp windows windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Write/Read acess for programms problem

    Hello , I am an Windows 7 Ultimate x64 user and I am using several programms that are experiencing this error with win 7 ( On my laptop where i have Win Xp sp3 this does not occour ) I would like to ask what is causing that even when i am logged in as admin and i even run the programm as admin...
    • Unreal
    • Thread
    • admin rights compatibility hdd issues permissions program issues read access ultimate windows 7 write access
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support