"Nogginsaked" <fac_187@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I open an Excel spreadsheet stored on one Vista machine on a second.
> I cannot save the document because first it says it is read only (the
> original is NOT read only).
Is the spreadsheet still open on the first machine when you attempt to open
it on the second? If so, file sharing provivions will not allow a copy to
open on any other networked machene except as read only.
Quote:
> I can not save the document back on the first machine with a different
> name (e.g. vista sucks) because it says I do not have permission. However
> the sharing on the first machine says I have full privileges for opening
> and saving.
What are your permissions on the machine you are actually using concerning
saving through the network on the machine owning the document?
Quote:
> What a piece of crap this OS is. There is no reason for needlessly
> complicating simple peer to peer networking with this layer of useless
> non-security crud. It is obvious why businesses will not use the
> abomination that is Vista.
the key word here is 'needlessly'. Think of how quickly a document would be
messed up if two people were making changes to a it unaware of and
uncoordinated with each other.
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> I went through all the permission crap last week and it all worked fine.
> Nothing has changed and now nothing works.
Learn how to set up networking and how to use files that are shared. What
else can I say? Until you do, you will be frequently reduced to semi-lucid
ranting.
Quote:
> This is the reality of Vista.
> I have been using Windows since it was DOS. If I did not have dedicated
> Windows business software I would switch to the Mac. I've had it.
And why do you think that networked Macs or Unix or Linux or... would be
different in this regard? Think about it. Suppose three different people
open a document at the same time and edit it. Then they try to save it. How
does the operating system"know" which is authoratative and the one to keep?
The last saved? The first saved?
If you are resaving under a different name, make sure you have save
permission on the machine that owns the document.
--
Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007