Hi people, Does anyone know how to force Vista into leaving the read-only attribute off a file? No matter what I do to this one particular file (a log file...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 2, 2007 2:07 am
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Hi Matt, This sounded interesting, so I did some googling as well, and the people who managed to get it working seemed to have to give themselves more...
Hi Kim, Thanks for the reply – I’ve hit this issue during development, not production – the log file location is d:\dev\logs, which would be the logging...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 2, 2007 7:27 am
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The drive name is telling I think. I have had several machines now with Vista on them and this problem is common. Generally I have a D Drive that is a second...
Hi Shawn, I’m running with a similar practices. The owner was SYSTEM and I’ve just taken ownership using my account, though that was 20 mins ago now and...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 2, 2007 8:23 am
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Ok, it seems to be resolved. The read only attribute still sticks on the folder, regardless of any change, but it does not propagate to files inside the...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 2, 2007 8:28 am
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Hi Matt, Taking ownership fixed it, then? Cool. As for the R/O attribute on folders, I believe that's just Explorer playing pranks per KB326549 you quoted...
Hi Kim, Taking ownership of the volume seemed to be the key part in the equation. -Matt From: win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com ...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 2, 2007 9:54 am
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So what are the permissions on the parent folder(s) and drive? I'm wondering if the file is initially inheriting the read only permission. Also, I'm...
The permissions on the parent folder/drive were using the default values – the ones you get for free [1]. Cheers, Matt [1] I don’t like the ones you pay...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 2, 2007 8:23 pm
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... You guys got this one [1] under control Franci? p.s. Was that you who DOSed me last weekend? Were you the person with the Tablet PC and a ComCast IP...
If you read more into those security links you keep sending, maybe a DOS wouldn’t be a problem? From: win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 4, 2007 12:05 am
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I’ve tried to do a DOS attack but no matter how many times I type “dir *.*” over and over but I could never get it to work. Perhaps MS-DOS wasn’t the...
It’s easy, just type: ping localhost –t Then it’s just a matter of time before the machine goes down J. From: win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com...
Matt Lynch
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Sep 4, 2007 6:13 am
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Anyone on the list install Beta 2 on their main box yet or is everyone using the VPC? I am considering making the leap (after a boatload of backups) but ...
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