Vista - Re: What New Hell Is This?!?

Hello,

> Just installed RC1. I'm the only user on the entire system. Clean
> install.
> I tried to import the Outlook pst file from the last (beta) release, oh,
> you
> know, as instructed when backing up the pst file. I get the error that I
> apparently don't have access to this file.

If you are trying to access this file and it is located in another partition
that was created by another version of windows, you will not have read
access to this file by default. This is because Windows only allows access
to files inside a user profile directory to that specific user or
administrators.

Remember, in Windows Vista, the programs you run do not have "administrator"
level access to your computer unless you specifically allow them (by
right-clicking the program and clicking run-as-administrator) or they ask
you for it.

So, if you try to access a security-restricted file, such as a user profile
directory that is not yours (including user profile directories from other
windows installations, including windows xp installations), you will be
denied access.

There are 2 solutions:

- Run Outlook "as administrator" and then do the import, so it has
"administrator" level access to the system

- Change the security on the folder to allow you read access to it. Windows
Explorer should do this for you automatically if you simply browse to the
location.

> What new pseudo-Nazi Republican B.S. is this? I'm sorry, I'm at my wit's
> end -- each subsequent release of this OS locks down "privliges" more and
> more. I literally am not allowed to import my own email from my own
> account
> on my own computer when I am the only one logged in. How the frell does
> this
> make sense?

Actually, this type of security has been present since Windows NT 4.0 and
2000; however, running all programs as administrators effectively negates
this security. In the Windows Vista world, you have to specifically allow
individual programs to have this level of control over your computer.

It's not that YOU (as an administrator) are not allowed to do this task, it
is that the SPECIFIC PROGRAM is not allowed because it does not have your
permission to have administrator power - you have the ability to give it
permission by either right-clicking it and running it as administrator or
changing the security permissions on the object it is trying to access.


--
- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/