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Hi, I hope i can get some help with this! I inserted an SD card from my camera into my wife's hp Netbook (WIn 7 Starter). I've used the SD card in that netbook before without trouble. This time, when browsing for my photos, I first open the DCIM folder, and see this: Link Removed I've...

Hi to all. I have found a file named 'Card_content.xml' in my Nokia Memory Card (Fat Volume). When I try to open it with Notepad, it shows 'Access Denied'. I can not open, rename, copy, move, delete this file. I can see the content of this file using 'DiskInternals Linux Reader'. The...

How do I write protect a DVD-R after burning files that I want to permanently back up? I've burned jpg images to a DVD+R for permanent backup with windows 7 drag & drop. I close the DVD burn session which I have read "finalizes" it but when I load the DVD I can still burn or delete files on it...

I have Windows 7 installed and up until recently I could read and write files from my hard disk to my usb thumb drive. Now after some updates were downloaded and applied (automatically so I am not sure what was installed), when I insert my drive into the usb slot, the Bitlocker Drive Encryption...

Why do files moved to an external drive not behave the same as those same files in an internal drive? I noticed that if I do anything to a file that is in an external drive, that file can not be saved under the same name (read only). In order to do so one must save it internally and then copy or...

I have an issue pertaining to admin permissions and read-only files. It seems all my files and folders are read only, and when I remove read only it automatically reverts back to read only when I check again. I am administrator with full privileges. Sometimes I get a prompt saying 'i need admin...

Hi I have just moved all my photos to my NAS and I want to set read-only on them as my whole family are accessing them. I though this would be simply the case of clicking the read-only attribute for the folder but I can still delete the files.What should I be doing? thanks,Shumit

This is driving me crazy. Whenever I try to remove 'read only' status from a file or folder, basically NOTHING HAPPENS. I click apply and it acts like it worked. But once I look at the properties for that same folder it's still READ ONLY. I need to edit metadata on multiple files for class...

Hi, I have been on the edge of chucking my computer out the window for hours, and the only support I get from colleagues in my masters program is "Get a mac!" Anyway, yesterday I was working on something in CodeBlocks and when I went to build my project, I got stuck in a loop of "this project...

Hello, I'm troubleshooting a misreported read only error when operating on network shares. Here are the details: Windows Server 2003, fully up to date Windows 7 64 bit client, fully up to date File reports in use and can be opened read only. Almost immediately the file reports as available...

Provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the "Attrib" command to work around the inability to view or to remove the Read-only or the System attributes of folders in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. More...

Hello. My situation is very common and simple: I'm running Windows XP mode within 7. I want to access a physical (non-virtual) drive with decent security precautions. As stated in Windows Virtual PC Help So, I want read-only access from XP. Besides messing with rights in XP (both cumbersome and...

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...

hi i turned on bitlocker on my a-data flash memory and after a couple of days turned it off but after that the flash is read only and im unable to format it or delete anything and i cant even turn the bitlocker on again on it:frown: i used 3 different pc's with win 7 please advise

Hi, I encrypted the "C:\users\" directory in Windows 7 and then found that I had a problem logging in as another users. This is probably becuase it could not access the files within there as the other user was not allowed. So I now know that I should have only encypted the folder in "users"...

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...

I've been here before but last time around I was able to copy all my files across from one partition to Win 7 without difficulty - this time it flatly refuses despite all my efforts. I basically have essential Roboform data files which I backed up manually (just copied from Win 7 to another...

Hi I have a ReadyNas Duo which has been working fine on my old PC running XP. I have just installed a new PC with Win 7 and I am having all sorts of issues. I can see the NAS and access all of the folders and files. However, when I try and save them, I get 'Access Denied' messages. In...

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...

Not paying much attention - I just noticed the top line in the right pane as "UNSPECIFIED (xx)" in MOST but not ALL folders. What is this referring to????????????? ALSO, when I rt clk on a folder and do properties I get the "Read Only" box filled. I believe that means that some...