So, none of you are experiencing problems number 1, 3 and 4? 1 is multiple
files and folders to zip creation. 3 is a Windows Movie Maker problem and 4
is importing photos from a camera. These are all UAC related, I disabled it
and I'm not experiencing these problems anymore.

The reason I am asking is that a friend of mine just installed a Vista Home
Premium, with UAC enabled, and he doesn't have these issues. I'm very worried
at this point since I tested on a completely clean, formatted and installed
Windows. No programs were installed.

Not that I crave for UAC, but maybe something bad is broken.

Andre

"jonathonP" wrote:

> There seems to be a serious bug with vista. It does not let you behave as an
> administarator even when you are logged in as one you have to chane the
> permissions on the file you are accessing to allow all user all rights befor
> you can edit it. This unfortunatley means that all users can then modify it,
> kind of defeats the whole point. Im assuming this will be fixed soon please
> MS.
>
>
> "Andre" wrote:
>
> > Well, first of all, sorry if someone has already posted about these bugs. I
> > tried searching but I haven't found about them.
> >
> > I believe they are bugs since my installation is fresh. Here they are:
> >
> > 1 - When I select more then one item (folders or files) and Right-click ->
> > Send to -> Compressed Zip-Folder I get an "Access Denied" error. I'm sure I
> > have permission to write on that folder. If I choose just one item (that is
> > just one file or one folder) then I don't get this error. Then again, I do
> > have permission to read the files and the folders (actually they are one
> > folder and two files and they compress OK if I choose them separatedly). I'm
> > using a third-party compressor, but the Explorer one was very useful.
> >
> > 2 - On Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Folder View, I
> > can set the current view for all folders. But Windows Explorer doesn't set it
> > properly. The Folders that are customized (such as Photos, Videos, etc) are
> > OK to show as thumbnails. But Windows Explorer simply doesn't set the View I
> > want for all the other folders. I still see them as "Tiles", the default view.
> >
> > 3 - Windows Movie Maker generates a "General Access Denied Error", so it
> > will open only if I run it as Administrator.
> >
> > 4 - Finally, the Import pictures from camera also gives me an access denied
> > error on a folder I have "Full Control" permissions (just like the zip folder
> > above), my Pictures folder. I changed this folder to another location (so I'm
> > not using the default C:\Users\[username]\Pictures) but my user does have
> > Full Control permission on that one too.
> >
> > These are some annoying bugs I've found on Vista. Somehow I believe they are
> > all related to UAC. I still haven't tried disabling UAC to see if they are
> > gone, I will do. But UAC is the core of Vista's security mechanism, so it is
> > a shame I have to disable it.
> >
> > I'm using Vista Ultimate 32-bit Box.
> >
> > If someone, by any chance, has any suggestions I would be very grateful.
> >
> > Thank you very much,
> > Andre

Oh, well, I was so naive. I can't set all the same settings I was used to
Windows XP. The whole problem with my access denied was that I set the
temporary folders (mine and system's) to the same folder. I liked to have it
all in the same place. The thing is, I was setting my user temp folder to a
folder I don't have permission as a normal user, only as Administrator. So
now I'm back to the default folder and everything is working now.

"Andre" wrote:

> So, none of you are experiencing problems number 1, 3 and 4? 1 is multiple
> files and folders to zip creation. 3 is a Windows Movie Maker problem and 4
> is importing photos from a camera. These are all UAC related, I disabled it
> and I'm not experiencing these problems anymore.
>
> The reason I am asking is that a friend of mine just installed a Vista Home
> Premium, with UAC enabled, and he doesn't have these issues. I'm very worried
> at this point since I tested on a completely clean, formatted and installed
> Windows. No programs were installed.
>
> Not that I crave for UAC, but maybe something bad is broken.
>
> Andre
>
> "jonathonP" wrote:
>
> > There seems to be a serious bug with vista. It does not let you behave as an
> > administarator even when you are logged in as one you have to chane the
> > permissions on the file you are accessing to allow all user all rights befor
> > you can edit it. This unfortunatley means that all users can then modify it,
> > kind of defeats the whole point. Im assuming this will be fixed soon please
> > MS.
> >
> >
> > "Andre" wrote:
> >
> > > Well, first of all, sorry if someone has already posted about these bugs. I
> > > tried searching but I haven't found about them.
> > >
> > > I believe they are bugs since my installation is fresh. Here they are:
> > >
> > > 1 - When I select more then one item (folders or files) and Right-click ->
> > > Send to -> Compressed Zip-Folder I get an "Access Denied" error. I'm sure I
> > > have permission to write on that folder. If I choose just one item (that is
> > > just one file or one folder) then I don't get this error. Then again, I do
> > > have permission to read the files and the folders (actually they are one
> > > folder and two files and they compress OK if I choose them separatedly). I'm
> > > using a third-party compressor, but the Explorer one was very useful.
> > >
> > > 2 - On Windows Explorer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> View -> Folder View, I
> > > can set the current view for all folders. But Windows Explorer doesn't set it
> > > properly. The Folders that are customized (such as Photos, Videos, etc) are
> > > OK to show as thumbnails. But Windows Explorer simply doesn't set the View I
> > > want for all the other folders. I still see them as "Tiles", the default view.
> > >
> > > 3 - Windows Movie Maker generates a "General Access Denied Error", so it
> > > will open only if I run it as Administrator.
> > >
> > > 4 - Finally, the Import pictures from camera also gives me an access denied
> > > error on a folder I have "Full Control" permissions (just like the zip folder
> > > above), my Pictures folder. I changed this folder to another location (so I'm
> > > not using the default C:\Users\[username]\Pictures) but my user does have
> > > Full Control permission on that one too.
> > >
> > > These are some annoying bugs I've found on Vista. Somehow I believe they are
> > > all related to UAC. I still haven't tried disabling UAC to see if they are
> > > gone, I will do. But UAC is the core of Vista's security mechanism, so it is
> > > a shame I have to disable it.
> > >
> > > I'm using Vista Ultimate 32-bit Box.
> > >
> > > If someone, by any chance, has any suggestions I would be very grateful.
> > >
> > > Thank you very much,
> > > Andre