Windows 7 Error (any Thoughts)

[vegettoxp]

Hello there Guys, I had this problem for a while now and I am not sure what it is. I am hoping that some in here has seen this error too. My Windows 7 Copy is not fake, I got my free copy of windows 7 ultimate by attending the Window 7 Conferance, so it is the real deal and activated.

All the files that I am working on are on my PC, I have nothing being shared on the network. So if someone has seen this error before, please share your soluition with me. it is really getting annoying. Thank You!

Liink - http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad40/vegettoxp/Error.jpg

Josh

 

[ImDonly1]

If you copied files from another pc you might get this error. Or if you reinstalled windows, and these files are from your old installation. Or if you are not using an admin account.

If you copied the folder from another pc, right click properties, go to security tab and click advanced. then owner tab click edit. Click your user name and check the box replace owner on subcontainers.

 

[vegettoxp]

Well I didn't see the error ever before. I have been playing with win 7 for a while now. Also regarding the admin account, I thought by default we get
admin account. Am I wrong with this?

 

[Snapster]

Well I didn't see the error ever before. I have been playing with win 7 for a while now. Also regarding the admin account, I thought by default we get
admin account. Am I wrong with this?

It's not like like being an Admin user on XP. You get admin priveledges on the primary account however this doesn't mean you get free access to everything. You will still get prompted when you try write to protected folders such as Windows, Program Files, and other user's profile folders. You should always have full rights to your own files, however copying files from other originating sources can complicate things, the most common being from an old OS install.

 

[vegettoxp]

It's not like like being an Admin user on XP. You get admin priveledges on the primary account however this doesn't mean you get free access to everything. You will still get prompted when you try write to protected folders such as Windows, Program Files, and other user's profile folders. You should always have full rights to your own files, however copying files from other originating sources can complicate things, the most common being from an old OS install.

I understand this, but if the files are stored on my PC, I shouldn't be getting these messages. It is not just with this folder that you see on the picture. I could be Downloading pictures from the internet and I will get the same message. I have total of 4 HD and I moved stuff around and I get this crazy message.

What I did wanted to share with you something that just poped into my head. I remembered that when I install Win 7, It always asks me to put aside 100MB (System reserved) Can this me causing these problems?

Josh

 

[Snapster]

I understand this, but if the files are stored on my PC, I shouldn't be getting these messages. It is not just with this folder that you see on the picture. I could be Downloading pictures from the internet and I will get the same message. I have total of 4 HD and I moved stuff around and I get this crazy message.

What I did wanted to share with you something that just poped into my head. I remembered that when I install Win 7, It always asks me to put aside 100MB (System reserved) Can this me causing these problems?

Josh

It's nothing to do with the system reserved partition, the problem is file/folder ownership.

What I was trying to explain earlier is that it doesn't matter if the files are on your computer it doesn't mean your user account has permission to read/write to them, even if you are an admin.

For example, if you have two admins on your machine, user1 and user2. If user1 is logged on and tries to write to any folder in user2's profile folders (including desktop) they will be prompted because user1 does not own the folders or files. As you have 4 hd's I presume you have a history of files which were used on older operating systems and probably were created and thus owned by the 'admin' user of the old os. The easiest thing for you to do is take ownership of each of your spare hd's and apply the change to all child files and folders.

 

[dualsmp]

You can enable the admin account as it's disabled by default in Win7. The account you create at the install still has some restrictions.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html

 

[JackMDS]

Win 7 when configured on peer-to-peer Network, has three types of Sharing configurations.

Home Network = Works only between Win 7 computers. This type of configuration makes it very easy to Entry Level Users to start Network sharing.

Work Network = Basically similar to the previous methods of sharing that let you control what, how, and to whom folders would be shared with.

Public Sharing = Public Network (like Internet cafe) to reduce security risks.

The Work Network is the one that most of us are going (and need) to use.

Win 7 Work Network's Sharing settings are in principle similar to Vista's configuration, some menus locations in Win 7 might be in different place, and look a little different, but it should not be a problem to adapt.

So, maybe this can Help.

Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions.

General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted

Win 7 - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...mputers-running-different-versions-of-Windows

Win 7 - Work Network with a little visual help), ,http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windows7/windows7_sharing.htm

Vista File and Printer Sharing- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx

Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357

Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista (Not need for XP-SP3) - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

When finished with the setting of the system it is advisable to Reboot all the hardware including Router and all computers involved.

 

[vegettoxp]

Awesome Guys, thank you for all your help. I will try out all the recommendations and I will share the results with you guys.