Guest Brian Graham Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 I recently bot a laptop with Vista Home Premium and networked it to my desktop which runs XP. I can access all my files on the desktop from the laptop but when I try to save changes I have made I get an error message saying the file is "Read Only". Indeed when I use my Laptop to access the same files the folders containing them are marked "Read Only" but I can make changes to the files and save them. Can anyone suggest how I can (1) get my files unmarked "Read Only" and (2) make and save changes from my laptop?
Guest Nepatsfan Posted July 6, 2008 Posted July 6, 2008 Re: Read Only Folder Problems "Brian Graham" <viewway@telus.net> wrote in message news:eXkIE6v3IHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I recently bot a laptop with Vista Home Premium and networked it to my desktop >which runs XP. I can access all my files on the desktop from the laptop but >when I try to save changes I have made I get an error message saying the file >is "Read Only". Indeed when I use my Laptop to access the same files the >folders containing them are marked "Read Only" but I can make changes to the >files and save them. Can anyone suggest how I can (1) get my files unmarked >"Read Only" and (2) make and save changes from my laptop? > The status of the Read-only box on the General page of the folder's properties sheet has nothing to do with this issue. On your XP PC, right click the folder you're trying to access and select Properties from the menu. Click on the Sharing tab. If you're running XP Home Edition or XP Professional with the default settings for Simple File Sharing enabled, you should see a section titled Network sharing and security. Both boxes in this section, Share this folder on the network and Allow network users to change my files, should be checked. Take a look at this article for more info. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/maintain/share.mspx If you're running XP Professional and have disabled Simple File Sharing make sure the appropriate users/groups are listed in the box and have Modify permissions. Take a look at this web site for more info. Windows XP Professional File Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm Good luck Nepatsfan
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