Need 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

 

[Ross Durie]

The read only problem is caused when you don't map a network drive to a
network share BUT rather the child of a network share. Delete the drive
mapping and make sure it maps to a share point.