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August 08, 2008  
Subject: Write protection won't stop
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
Date: 5/10/2008 4:18:01 PM
From: =?Utf-8?B?VG9iYmU=?= [Email Address Protection]

When I try to turn off thewrite protection on my folders on an USB hard drive
everything works fine, after the usual security questions, but next time I
check the folder, it's write protexted agin. How come? I'm logged in as an
administrator and don't receive any error messages when trying to turn off
the write protextion.

Thanks in advance,

Tobbe

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Subject: Re: Write protection won't stop
Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.administration_accounts_passwords
Date: 5/10/2008 8:15:14 PM
From: "Ronnie Vernon MVP" [Email Address Protection]

Tobbe

The 'Read Only' attribute for folders is redundant and is ignored by
Windows. You will notice that the read only box is filled in, as opposed to
having a check mark or being empty.

See the following article for a more complete explanation.

You cannot view or change the Read Only or the System attributes of folders
in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, or in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549


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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Tobbe" <Tobbe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14030DEE-76A4-4415-ACBA-8556AD3BB2A1@microsoft.com...
> When I try to turn off thewrite protection on my folders on an USB hard
> drive
> everything works fine, after the usual security questions, but next time I
> check the folder, it's write protexted agin. How come? I'm logged in as
> an
> administrator and don't receive any error messages when trying to turn off
> the write protextion.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tobbe


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