Entire Hard Drive Suddenly Write-Protected: WHY?!

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Andrew Hammel

I'm using Windows XP on my Toshiba laptop, and
everything's fine. Suddenly, 3 days ago, every single
file on my hard drive is write-protected. The "read-
only" box is actually filled in by a square, not simply
checked. I undo the option by clicking on directories
and changing their properties, but some unknown evil
force immediately overrides my decision and restores the
permanent write-protected status. I am not on any
network, and get info only from a wireless web
connection.

Why on earth is my machine doing this unbelievably
annoying thing?
 
You wouldn't happen to have run a virus scan in recent days, have you? I
have not heard of this behaviour before, but obviously nothing in Windows
behaves in this fashion, leaving me to suspect an outside force.
 
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