read-only

First off, I am VERY new to networking, so you can't over explain anything to me. I am trying to set up a network between a Windows 7 PC (call it PC-1) and a Windows Vista PC (call it PC-2). PC-1 has a backup drive, which is backed up nightly. So I want to have a folder on this PC which I can...

Hello, As the title suggests, I'm having the common problem everybody is facing with file permissions and Windows 7. I have tried all solutions I could find on this forum, but nothing worked. Here is the situations: - I used to run WinXP Professional. I copied all my files to an EXTERNAL...

Hello, I am experiencing a major problem - I cannot remove read-only attribute from ANY folder on Windows 7. I have searched google and this whole forum about this problem and I've found that many people have a similar issue. There were offered such solutions as to use ''attrib -r -s...

Hi I have recently bought a new laptop running Windows 7. I have an external hard drive which I used to use on an old laptop which ran Windows XP. When I plug the USB external hard drive into my new laptop running Windows 7, I can only open files as read only. Why is the external hard drive...

Hi. Well Im trying to run the windows xp virtual mode on windows 7 but i cant. When i try to set it to run virtual mode, I get this error message Link Removed Then when I try to disable read-only, this happens: Link Removed please someone help me.. Link Removed

I can not turn off read-only on my music files which are on a detachable hard drive. Apple iTunes will not let me customize the titles, description, etc since the files are read-only. I remove the read-only in Windows Explorer, for both the directory or even the individual song, apply and exit...

Hi everyon! Im having some problems with the read-only attribute, I recently changed my HDD and I went from IDE to SATA, I moved all my info from one disk to the other, I installed Win7 and all seemed to work fine.. I started downloading some wallpapers by torrent and It started getting an error...

I have limited tech knowledge but here's the issue: I had a motherboard crash on a laptop running XP Home and wound up buying a new Gateway w/Windows 7. My backup data was on an external drive that was 3 years old, backed up using the NTBACKUP command. Windows 7 will not run NTBACKUP, so I...

I'm having some problems here but I'm not very computer literate so I'll just ask... I've downloaded Windows 7 off the wevsite, into a folder on my computer. I click on the tool "Win7-HP-Retail..." to "Unload the Box" and it gets to the end and tells me: "We are unable to create or save new...

I downloaded windows 7 64 bit earlier today from digital river and have spent the last few hours trying to install it. Everytime I try, i get the same error message: We were unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application is downloaded. Please check the folder...

I was adding something to my hosts file yesterday and in order to do so I removed the read-only from the entire system32 folder and all contents. After restarting the computer it wouldn't boot up so I figured this was the problem. I booting with the Win7 disc, and put read-only on the entire...

Okay, I screwed up badly. I had the Windows 32 bit RC build 7100, I wanted the 64 bit version after that. So whenever I would insert the disc and restart computer, the installation screen comes up, I hit install now. "No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media...

I searched all over the Warhammer forums for a fix to this, I can get the Mythic patcher to 98% but that is it. I need about 35 MB yet to download but it says "the patch client was unable to retrieve the file [base/vo_english.myp/f6a39f2985e03878] from the patch server. Please try the patch...

We have a pc running Vista Home Premium and have successfully mapped a drive to our Snap Server 1100. However, when the use puts files on the Snap Server is the shared folder, he is no longer able to access them - message received is: "(filename) cannot be accessed. The file may be read only...

I have a new problem. I'm trying to connect to some Unreal Tournament 2004 but i always get Downloading file "bla bla" not allowed. I quickly found out that i must set Read-Only to off in the download directory. But i can't. First of all i click propestries and see this: Link Removed due to...