(http://www.woodward.uk.net/vista.jpg)
So I can't check what the current permissions are, but I can change them and then I can check them!
Strange piccies on that site you've hosted that on :D
Quote from: kinmel on Apr 02, 2008, 23:10:12
(http://www.woodward.uk.net/vista.jpg)
So I can't check what the current permissions are, but I can change them and then I can check them!
:lol: Not come across that one!
Quote from: kinmel on Apr 02, 2008, 23:10:12
(http://www.woodward.uk.net/vista.jpg)
So I can't check what the current permissions are, but I can change them and then I can check them!
I've not come across that one yet - what were you doing, or trying to do, at the time?
I have seen similar messages from XP when accessing folders created by another copy of XP. Windows has a rather weired permission system whereby you can sometimes have permission to set new permissions even though you don't have permission to view the existing ones.
sticking with XP and linux if i ever get round to installing it again
Quote from: plugwash on Apr 03, 2008, 01:54:07
I have seen similar messages from XP when accessing folders created by another copy of XP. Windows has a rather weired permission system whereby you can sometimes have permission to set new permissions even though you don't have permission to view the existing ones.
That's true. A good example is when the boot sector and/or boot record get corrupted and you're forced to do a repair install. I've seen some odd things happen then. Generally I format when things go very wrong so never see it on my own systems, but it has just happened to a mate of mine. It was driving him mad until he figured out what was causing a perfectly good hard drive to function like a nail in a room of magnets :D
Not seen that one yet either ;D
A Google search doesn't reveal very much, and nothing about Vista at all. ???
I had made some changes to a file and was not able to then save it - obliviously set to read only - right click, select properties and up it pops.
Went up a level to the folder and changed it globally, then no problem
I've just had an evening of fun. I needed calibration software to check my Samsung 2032MW. After doing hours of searching, all I could find was a small post referring to Samsungs own calibration software.
So, off I toddled.
15 mins later I was sitting here watching BSOD after BSOD. The installer puts the calibration software on your system along with C++ 2005 (it's 2008 now, isn't there a newer version?!). As soon as that software asked for a reboot, that was it, no more stability.
After spending what seemed like a life time in safe mode, I got rid of the software and C++, but annoyingly the add/remove section still shows it there when it's gone :(
Still, it's running fine again now.
ISTR there's a fix for that at Kelly's Corner: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm