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    vista administrative problem

    Just got a new computer with Vista on it....I have a storage device connected
    by a USB port. When I attempt to SAVE a document to the storage device, I
    get a message that "I do not have access privileges, see my administrator".
    I AM the administrator. I have a second device attached to a USB port that I
    can save to with no problem. Anyone have any idea where I might go to give
    myself permission to save documents to the external storage device????????



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    Re: vista administrative problem

    Quote Originally Posted by Crimson Tide Fan View Post
    Just got a new computer with Vista on it....I have a storage device connected
    by a USB port. When I attempt to SAVE a document to the storage device, I
    get a message that "I do not have access privileges, see my administrator".
    I AM the administrator. I have a second device attached to a USB port that I
    can save to with no problem. Anyone have any idea where I might go to give
    myself permission to save documents to the external storage device????????
    Hi Crimson Tide Fan,

    The USB drive needs to be formated with NTFS instead of FAT32 if it is not. You can also try to take ownership of the USB drive. See Method Two in this tutorial for how.

    Take Ownership of file

    Shawn

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    Re: vista administrative problem

    Shawn Thanks so much for your response. I am a seriouly "technology
    challenged" person and do not feel comfortable doing very much to the
    computer. However, I did check and the two storage devices (one is a segate
    500gig device and the other is a firelite 60 gig). The firelite 60 gig is
    set as a FAT32 and I can save to it, the Segate 500 gig is set as NTFS and I
    get that message that I don't have permission to save to it. Is this
    significant?
    One other question, promise I won't continue to bug you with more questions.
    Is it a serious issue to turn off the Administrative Control? Its driving
    me crazy and I am ready to go back to XP
    Aaron
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    "brink" wrote:

    >
    > Crimson Tide Fan;542916 Wrote:

    > > Just got a new computer with Vista on it....I have a storage device
    > > connected
    > > by a USB port. When I attempt to SAVE a document to the storage device,
    > > I
    > > get a message that "I do not have access privileges, see my
    > > administrator".
    > > I AM the administrator. I have a second device attached to a USB port
    > > that I
    > > can save to with no problem. Anyone have any idea where I might go to
    > > give
    > > myself permission to save documents to the external storage
    > > device????????
    >
    > Hi Crimson Tide Fan,
    >
    > The USB drive needs to be formated with NTFS instead of FAT32 if it is
    > not. You can also try to take ownership of the USB drive. See Method
    > Two in this tutorial for how.
    >
    > Take Ownership of file
    >
    > Shawn
    >
    >
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    Re: vista administrative problem

    Quote Originally Posted by Crimson Tide Fan View Post
    Shawn Thanks so much for your response. I am a seriouly "technology
    challenged" person and do not feel comfortable doing very much to the
    computer. However, I did check and the two storage devices (one is a segate
    500gig device and the other is a firelite 60 gig). The firelite 60 gig is
    set as a FAT32 and I can save to it, the Segate 500 gig is set as NTFS and I
    get that message that I don't have permission to save to it. Is this
    significant?
    One other question, promise I won't continue to bug you with more questions.
    Is it a serious issue to turn off the Administrative Control? Its driving
    me crazy and I am ready to go back to XP
    Aaron
    Crimson Tide Fan
    Aaron,

    Turning off UAC can cause a few incompatibility issues, and cause the computer to be a little less secure. See the INFO section in this tutorial to read up on what all UAC is.

    User Account Control (UAC)


    You might try taking ownership of the drive you do not have permission for to try and gain it.

    Shawn

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    Re: vista administrative problem

    On Dec 13, 5:09 am, Crimson Tide Fan
    <CrimsonTide...@xxxxxx> wrote:

    > Shawn Thanks so much for your response. I am a seriouly "technology
    > challenged" person and do not feel comfortable doing very much to the
    > computer. However, I did check and the two storage devices (one is a segate
    > 500gig device and the other is a firelite 60 gig). The firelite 60 gig is
    > set as a FAT32 and I can save to it, the Segate 500 gig is set as NTFS and I
    > get that message that I don't have permission to save to it. Is this
    > significant?
    > One other question, promise I won't continue to bug you with more questions.
    > Is it a serious issue to turn off the Administrative Control? Its driving
    > me crazy and I am ready to go back to XP
    > Aaron
    > Crimson Tide Fan
    Aaron,

    It's probably not a big deal to turn off User Account Control, but you
    never know.

    I've turned mine off because I am still installing hardware and
    applications on my machine. When I'm done "prepping" it for use, I
    will either (A) turn UAC back on, or (B) take away the administrative
    privilege on my user account. I can always put it back later, or
    simply logon as Administrator.


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