Vista - Saving a .pdf file to folder

Hello,

I have Vista Ultimate installed on a PC on which I am the only user. I
paid a bill online and when I tried to save the receipt document as an Adobe
PDF file to another drive, I got the message that I could not save to the
folder on thast drive and that I had to contact the system administrator.
The folder I had tried to save to was in my old 'My Documents' folder on a
seperate internal drive (non system drive). BTW Adobe Professional is
installed and has a printer driver installed so that I can savwe documents
as PDF files. Is there a simple switch to turn off so that I can navigate
freely around my own computer?

Thanks,

Shane

I've saved pdf and other files to an alternative drive. A message does
appear telling me that i need permission (can't recall the exact wording)
but when i click the continue button ( i think its continue, i haven't done
this for a month or so) i get access to the drive and the file saves.

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"no spam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I have Vista Ultimate installed on a PC on which I am the only user. I
> paid a bill online and when I tried to save the receipt document as an
> Adobe PDF file to another drive, I got the message that I could not save
> to the folder on thast drive and that I had to contact the system
> administrator. The folder I had tried to save to was in my old 'My
> Documents' folder on a seperate internal drive (non system drive). BTW
> Adobe Professional is installed and has a printer driver installed so that
> I can savwe documents as PDF files. Is there a simple switch to turn off
> so that I can navigate freely around my own computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shane

To gain full control of your computer you must disable UAC.
1. Click Start
2. Control Panel
3. User Accounts
4. Make changes to your User Account
5.Turn User Account control on or off
6. Uncheck the box...Use User account control (UAC) to help protect your
computer.
7. Click OK button

Thats it. Now you have control of your computer.

NEXT... to keep from logging in every time you turn on the computer,

Still in control panel...
1. Click Parental Controls
2. At the computer Administrator icon click to remove password or (no
password).

"no spam" wrote:

> I got the message that I could not save to the
> folder on thast drive and that I had to contact the system administrator.
> The folder I had tried to save to was in my old 'My Documents' folder on

you got that message because you're a stupid user which disabled the UAC.
In fact with UAC "On", you'll get a prompt in order to change the file
permissions easely.
SO, again... DON'T BE STUPID AND KEEP UAC ON!

I certainly wouldn't be looking at disabling UAC.


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"Paul" <Paul@SBCmetro.com> wrote in message
news:y0uPh.1026$Q23.640@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net...
> To gain full control of your computer you must disable UAC.
> 1. Click Start
> 2. Control Panel
> 3. User Accounts
> 4. Make changes to your User Account
> 5.Turn User Account control on or off
> 6. Uncheck the box...Use User account control (UAC) to help protect your
> computer.
> 7. Click OK button
>
> Thats it. Now you have control of your computer.
>
> NEXT... to keep from logging in every time you turn on the computer,
>
> Still in control panel...
> 1. Click Parental Controls
> 2. At the computer Administrator icon click to remove password or (no
> password).
>
>
>

Having checked the procedure this is what should happen. I have UAC enabled,
incidentally. If you don't (which i don't recommend) then this is probably
why you are experiencing problems.

1/ Right Click the pdf file and select Copy
2/ Click the folder (on your other drive) where you want to paste the file
to
3/ You should see a message 'you don't currently have permission to access
this folder. Click Continue to access this folder.'
4/ Press Continue
5/ UAC kicks in and asks you for permission to continue, again press the
continue button
6/ The folder should now open
7/ Now Right Click on the folder and select Paste (You can actually do this
without going through steps 1 to 5 but i've included them so you can see
what messages appear.)
8/ You should now see a message which says, 'you'll need to provide
administator permission to copy to this folder.' Click Continue to copy to
this folder
9/ Press the Continue button
10/ Again UAC kicks in and ask permission for you to continue, again press
the continue button
11/ The file will now copy to the new folder


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John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

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7/ You shopuld now see
"no spam" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3C26BC3A-97F3-4716-85CC-D3449E68BC10@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have Vista Ultimate installed on a PC on which I am the only user. I
> paid a bill online and when I tried to save the receipt document as an
> Adobe PDF file to another drive, I got the message that I could not save
> to the folder on thast drive and that I had to contact the system
> administrator. The folder I had tried to save to was in my old 'My
> Documents' folder on a seperate internal drive (non system drive). BTW
> Adobe Professional is installed and has a printer driver installed so that
> I can savwe documents as PDF files. Is there a simple switch to turn off
> so that I can navigate freely around my own computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shane

"Paul" <Paul@SBCmetro.com> wrote
> To gain full control of your computer you must disable UAC.
> 1. Click Start
> 2. Control Panel
> 3. User Accounts
> 4. Make changes to your User Account
> 5.Turn User Account control on or off
> 6. Uncheck the box...Use User account control (UAC) to help protect your
> computer.
> 7. Click OK button
>
> Thats it. Now you have control of your computer.
>
> NEXT... to keep from logging in every time you turn on the computer,
>
> Still in control panel...
> 1. Click Parental Controls
> 2. At the computer Administrator icon click to remove password or (no
> password).


No need to turn off UAC for a simple permissions issue.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Hello Shane,

Thank you for using newsgroup!

I notice more peers have provided some useful information. You may refer to
their suggestions first. Thanks for all guys kindly input.

Thanks & Regards,

Ken Zhao

Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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| Hello,
|
| I have Vista Ultimate installed on a PC on which I am the only user. I
| paid a bill online and when I tried to save the receipt document as an
Adobe
| PDF file to another drive, I got the message that I could not save to the
| folder on thast drive and that I had to contact the system administrator.
| The folder I had tried to save to was in my old 'My Documents' folder on
a
| seperate internal drive (non system drive). BTW Adobe Professional is
| installed and has a printer driver installed so that I can savwe
documents
| as PDF files. Is there a simple switch to turn off so that I can
navigate
| freely around my own computer?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Shane
|
|