Help with Read Only

[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.

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

 

[Guest]

I am assuming that you are trying to modify read-only files on one PC from
another, over the LAN. There is a sharing option called "Allow networked
users to change my files." On the PC that actually has the files,
right-click on the folder/drive you want to share,go to properties, go to
sharing tab, check the option.

See if this clears something up.
Also, if the files are read-only on the PC itself, this could cause this.

BMR777
www.rusnakweb.com

 

[William G. Davis]

I am assuming that you are trying to modify read-only files on one PC from
another, over the LAN. There is a sharing option called "Allow networked
users to change my files." On the PC that actually has the files,
right-click on the folder/drive you want to share,go to properties, go to
sharing tab, check the option.

See if this clears something up.
Also, if the files are read-only on the PC itself, this could cause this.

BMR777
www.rusnakweb.com

No, sorry I wasn't more clear. All of this is on my PC. All those options
are selected though. I just went into Windows Explorer and changed that
setting there, and it didn't fix the problem. I can't transfer files over
the network because if whatever the problem is. It gives me a "File in
Use/Disk Full" error message. Neither is correct.

WGD

 

[William G. Davis]

Should I post this in another group?

No, sorry I wasn't more clear. All of this is on my PC. All those
options are selected though. I just went into Windows Explorer and
changed that setting there, and it didn't fix the problem. I can't
transfer files over the network because if whatever the problem is. It
gives me a "File in Use/Disk Full" error message. Neither is correct.

WGD