Re: How to Disable "Access Denied"

[Guest Brad]

Re: How to Disable "Access Denied"

 

Hi,

 

Additional information due to one response I received.

 

Note: My friend never used a USB flash drive!

 

"Access Denied" does not apply to "E:" drive where

the flash ("thumb") drive was plugged in, and it has nothing

to do with the flash drive's "format".

 

I can see where this kind of security is VERY USEFUL at the

work place so employees can't copy anything from the company's HDD

to their flash drive.

 

AVG UPDATE:

 

Another friend informed me that AVG will discontinue updates

for the FREE version of AVG in about a year. Afterwards, you

have to pay for the updates.

 

Brad

 

On Thu, 22 May 2008 17:57:16 GMT, Brad wrote:

>Hi,

>

> Since I have a dial-up connection, a friend of mine, who has DSL,

>downloaded the free AVG version 8 (45.5MB) onto his Windows XP computer's HDD.

>

> I went to his house, but I wasn't able to copy the file to my USB flash

>("thumb") drive due to "Access Denied". Also, I couldn't copy

>("Access Denied") a photo.jpg, he wanted me to have, from his HDD to the flash

>drive. Note: He uses AVG anti-virus in his computer.

>

> I realize this is protection, but he nor I knew how to disable this

>"protection" on his computer in order to allow access.

>

> How do you disable this "protection" to allow access?

>

> Thanks in advance, Brad

>

> Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,

> be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.

[Guest Shenan Stanley]

Re: How to Disable "Access Denied"

 

Re: How to Disable "Access Denied"

 

Brad wrote:

> Since I have a dial-up connection, a friend of mine, who has

> DSL, downloaded the free AVG version 8 (45.5MB) onto his Windows XP

> computer's HDD.

>

> I went to his house, but I wasn't able to copy the file to my USB

> flash ("thumb") drive due to "Access Denied". Also, I couldn't

> copy ("Access Denied") a photo.jpg, he wanted me to have, from his

> HDD to the flash drive. Note: He uses AVG anti-virus in his

> computer.

>

> I realize this is protection, but he nor I knew how to disable

> this "protection" on his computer in order to allow access.

>

> How do you disable this "protection" to allow access?

 

Brad wrote:

> Additional information due to one response I received.

>

> Note: My friend never used a USB flash drive!

>

> "Access Denied" does not apply to "E:" drive where

> the flash ("thumb") drive was plugged in, and it has nothing

> to do with the flash drive's "format".

 

Seriously - you have made things more confusing with your supposed

additional information. "Access Denied" was the message you originally got

when you - your words...

 

" wasn't able to copy the file to my USB flash ("thumb") drive due to

"Access Denied". Also, I couldn't copy ("Access Denied") a photo.jpg, he

wanted me to have, from his HDD to the flash drive. "

 

So - which is it?

> I can see where this kind of security is VERY USEFUL at the

> work place so employees can't copy anything from the company's HDD

> to their flash drive.

 

Are you saying this *is* a work computer system?

> AVG UPDATE:

> Another friend informed me that AVG will discontinue updates

> for the FREE version of AVG in about a year. Afterwards, you

> have to pay for the updates.

 

That's news to me and you would think that Grisoft would make that

announcement themselves and that the best place to ask would be their

support people/FAQs/forums/whatever - not here.

 

Last year people thought they had stopped their free version because of the

change to 8.0 - it required an uninstall/upgrade to it... But the message

was cryptic and people thought they had discontinued the free product. They

had not.

 

http://free.grisoft.com/ww.news

 

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