Can't change permissions

[Brian R.]

Whenever I try to change permissions for the C drive on
CREATOR OWNER and EVERYONE group, it will default back to
no permissions. All of my folders and subfolders have the
read-only flag selected. When I try to uncheck that, it
always reverts back even when logged in as admin.

I tried KB313222 (secedit) also to reset all security
settings to default settings. Same results....read-only
folders and the two groups with no rights.

 

[Guest]

yes. please. someone help.

Can Microsoft please address this situation? This is the umpteenth time i've read a problem like this. Why?

 

[Drew Cooper [MSFT]]

EVERYONE and CREATOR OWNER have special permissions set at the volume root.
When you have the Properties->Security UI open, hit the Advanced button.
Everything should be pretty intuitive from there.



The read-only flag isn't really on. That checkbox is tri-state, not
dual-state. It's grey and checked when it is not forcing the attribute onto
its children. Confusing? I think so, too.
Read-only is actually pretty meaningless for a directory. Unless you're
using NTFS alternate streams on the directory (storage super-geek stuff), it
only means something for a file. Regardless, I don't think the UI actually
sets that bit on a directory, just its contained files. The UI is there so
that you can make all of the files in a directory read-only or make them all
"not read-only" (for lack of a better way to say that).