Read Only error message on network

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Today I reformatted the harddrive on my main computer. I did not use the user
accounts that I had used before, I just set it up with one user that is also
(obviously) the administrator. I did not like the way it named the folder so
I created a new one (based on the Microsoft website advice), made it
administrator and deleted the old one. I get an error message that the folder
is read-only and I can't save files to the harddrive. I could do all this
just fine before. When I look at the folder sharing options, there is a green
box in the "Read Only", if I trun it off, click OK then open it again, the
"Read Only" is selected again. Now, I have another harddrive in the same
machine, same setup on the "Read Only", same settings to the sharing and I
can save to it just as before. I did not reformat the second hard drive. Any
ideas? I'm pulling my hair out on this one.
 
Gary said:
Today I reformatted the harddrive on my main computer. I did not use the
user
accounts that I had used before, I just set it up with one user that is
also
(obviously) the administrator. I did not like the way it named the folder
so
I created a new one (based on the Microsoft website advice), made it
administrator and deleted the old one. I get an error message that the
folder
is read-only and I can't save files to the harddrive. I could do all this
just fine before. When I look at the folder sharing options, there is a
green
box in the "Read Only", if I trun it off, click OK then open it again, the
"Read Only" is selected again. Now, I have another harddrive in the same
machine, same setup on the "Read Only", same settings to the sharing and I
can save to it just as before. I did not reformat the second hard drive.
Any
ideas? I'm pulling my hair out on this one.
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The read only attibute on the folder is not the problem. You need to take
ownership of the files as described in an article in Help & Support. When
you created a new account, it recieved a new Security ID. The user name is
just an alias for the SID, hence you now are not the owner of the files and
folders.

Jim
 
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