I'm not too knowledgeable about security and access, but I have a few basic questions -
Does the Win 7 system use the same userid and password as you had in XP?
Did you have any security features enabled or software on the xp machine restricting access to files or folders?
Do you have Adobe or some other software installed on the Win 7 system that can read PDF files?
Did you try to access any of the files from another xp machine?
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Paul Hachmeyer
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Subject: [PCSOFT] File Permissions issues
Second attempt to get this query posted to list.
I have an NTFS-formatted drive I pulled from a dead XP system. Using a SATA/IDE to USB adapter, I'm trying to transfer data from it onto my current Win7 system. But I keep running into permission issues. I can't so much as open, much less copy/move any document I want to save (text, .doc or even e-books in pdf format). I've taken ownership of the folder, properties of documents within reflect this, yet the following occurs when trying to open files:
PDFs: "Could not open file" / "File not found"
Text: " Access to {Path/filename.txt} was denied
Word doc: "...user does not have access privileges"
When trying to copy any of these files, I get File Access Denied UAC prompt stating I need permission. I click continue, then pop-up again, this time "you require permission from {%user%} to make changes to this
file". I am that user; it's my login with admin rights, the same one
which took ownership of these files.
I can't figure out what I'm overlooking and would appreciate any help/suggestions offered.
Ian Carmichael
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