Help with read only problem

[William G. Davis]

Happy New Year!

I am running WinXP Pro SP2. I have an 80 GB C Drive and a 100 GB D Drive
(used for storage of documents, downloads, etc.). It is a Dell 8400 with a
3.0 Processor and a GB of RAM.

I am having trouble tranferring files over a network. My LAN (mine and 2
other machines) is functioning fine, and I use MS Broadband Networking.
The problem is on my machine. When I try to transfer files from my machine
to another on my LAN, I get the "File in Use or Disk Full" error message.

All my files are marked Read Only, and no matter how high up I go in the
directories (all the way to the drive itself), I can change the setting, hit
apply, and close the properties dialog box, and click to open it again and
it reverts back to read only. I have tried re-booting, I have been in the
policies, and computer management sections. What gives? I am logged on as
myself, the sole user of the machine, one of the administrators. I can take
possession of all the files and folders on the machine.

Can anyone please help?

Thanks!

W. G. Davis

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

If you are referring to the "read only" attribute you see in folder
properties, then you should ignore it as it is not the root of your problem.
That attribute is ignored by the system as applied to folders (directories),
in only applies to files. You may want to read the other reply you got to
this question:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group..._doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#8edc237642747de7

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org