"Mr. Arnold" wrote:
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>
> "wildduck200" <wildduck200@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B562E014-C7D1-4746-9A6A-56C74B12D954@xxxxxx Quote:
> > I'm trying to copy an executable file, downloaded from the Microsoft
> > website
> > from the Windows XP SP2 machine to this Vista SP1 machine. Everything
> > looks
> > right up to the point of copying, then I get a message saying that I don't
> > have permission and to try again. I can't get past this.
> > I have permission set on both machines to everyone, both are on the same
> > workgroup, and I've tried with UAC on and off. I've now got the firewall
> > off
> > at the Vista end. I can copy happily between the XP machine and the other
> > older XP machines. I have AVG 8 on both machines.
>
> Accounts on a folder and permissions can supersede another account. Admin
> being set to one thing and Everyone set to something else or machine
> name\Users having a different permission setting from everything.
>
> Also, you made need to take Ownership of the folder.
>
> You can also use Authenticated User Group, which means the same user account
> must be established on both machines.
>
> I am sorry, but this is what I don't understand. The workgroup has a
standard name everywhere here, and machines joining have to join the same
workgroup. Each machine is logged on with the same user name, and they all
have admin rights.
I see no security tab on the XP machine to set permissions from. I do see
the tab from the Vista machine, but get a message that changing permissions
frm there on the XP machine is forbidden. In fact most alterations that I try
seem to be invisible or forbidden.
Is the problem that the machines mainly log on with no password? All I want
to achieve is the situation that occurred in XP, where a directory could be
shared in such a way that anyone with the right username on the right
workgroup could access it. Are there simple instructions anywhere regarding
how to achieve this in Vista?
The local network consists of 4 desktop machines, plus 4 wireless laptops.
Approx 6 other laptops are allowed to join when on this site by specifically
enabling and identifying them to the router.