Could you please let me know what caused the problem - is it a feature or
a
bug? Do I have to run the cmd once only or evey time I load files. It is
not
very user friendly!
Yeah, it's not very friendly. And it only has to be done once. Microsoft's
marketing department decided that non-business users didn't need a
friendlier way to do this. *sighs*.
I did what I thought was a common task. I inserted a CD, copied a zip file
onto my desktop and extracted the contents into a folder in Documents. Why
was I not automatically given permission when I did this? I consider that
as
an administrator of the system I should be given "carte blanche" to do
what I
like to any file I have created, copied etc.
In Windows Vista, *you* do have "carte blanche" (administrator) access to
the computer; however, PROGRAMS that you run don't - unless they ask for
your permission ("Windows needs your permission to continue") or you give
them permission (right-click them and click Run As Administrator).
So, files on your computer that you can only access via your administrator
"hat" (you do not explicitly have permission to access, but administrators
do) can only be opened from a program that you have allowed to run with
"permission".
Now, files in your documents folder *do* grant YOU access to them, so
normally you should be able to access these files from any program that you
run.
However, it sounds like the files that you unzipped had saved their previous
security settings from XP, and these security settings were restored with
the files, overriding the default security applied to your documents.
Since Windows Vista will not recognize your old Windows XP account as yours,
it won't give you access to those files, except thru your administrator
"hat".
This is the first windows system I have used that has required any sort of
command prompt for such a simple task. Also, you seem to imply that if I
upgrade to Business or Ultimate then the problem will disappear or become
easier to deal with. But really, for a task such as this surely the very
basic package should be able to cope.
The only difference in Business/Ultimate is that you can see/edit security
permissions via a file properties dialog box.
It does not affect this "issue" - this issue is based on the security
permissions of files. Technically, it has always been an issue, but since
Vista is more security than XP, most people are only now running into this.
Most people will run into this issue if they are dual-booting or accessing
hard drives or folders created in a previous version of Windows.
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- JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
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