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Hosting IRC server on Mac

Hi fellow stackers: this is my first post here and I'm sure this is just the beginning :) Today I'm writing to find out how to setup an IRC server on my Mac Mini Server! Having extremely limited ...
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How to overcome Access Denied when killing process in Windows?

How to kill process which does not want to? I have Access Denied message when trying to kill the process. I know it can be due to device driver waiting and probably this is the reason. But my ...
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A service installation section in this inf is invalid

When I connect a Samsung phone to my Windows XP SP3, it gives the error A service installation section in this inf is invalid I browsed lot of blogs, every post says to try the ...
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PsExec Access is denied

I am using psexec.exe to run programs in a different security context. However the programs start but it does not seem to be running in the specified security context. In its minimal form: psexec ...
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Access Denied While Logging In Via SSH (Putty)

I'm having trouble logging in to my server via ssh (putty) on a new username that I created. During the initial installation of the server, I setup a username of "admin". While logged in as "admin" I ...
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Access Denied when Mapping Drive from Windows 7 to Samba Share

I'm at my wits end with this, I've tried connecting to my samba server with smbusr, and smbusr_RO from windows 7 by mapping a drive. It says S:\ is not accessible, access denied. I know I'm putting ...
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“net time” returns system error 5, “Access is denied”, even when run as administrator

I am trying to run net time on a Windows 7 box with an account that is part of the Administrators group. When I run the command net time from an elevated command prompt I get the following error: ...
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Why can I rename a running executable, but not delete it?

Everything is in the title, but more officially : Why does Windows let me rename a running executable, but not delete it?
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Wamp, External IP, Forbidden

When I am trying to access my server through my IP adress/localhost/127.0.0.1 all of thoes are working fine but when I am trying my external IP I get: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / ...
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Eclipse says “Access Denied” when running javaw and how to fix it?

I'm trying to get Eclipse to compile and run a HelloWorld class but it can't even do that. I have installed Eclipse x86 SDK 4.2.0 together bit with the latest JRE and JDK both in 64 bit as well. I ...
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SVN / Tortoise SVN - Cannot checkout, Access is denied

We are having a strange problem with our SVN repository One particular project is failing to check out on some dev's workstations. The error is: svn: E720005: Can't open file ...
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Access denied while File Sharing from OS X to Win7

OS X 10.6.8 Win7 updated Turn on Sharing in File Sharing Choice folder to share Select current user Setup rights In the Options - turn on Share files and folders using SMB (Windows) and checkbox ...
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Virtual Network Interface and NAT disables localhost access for MySQL and Apache

I'm running an Ubuntu Server 12.04, and recently I configured it to do NAT for my laptop. Since the server has only one NIC, I followed instructions online to create a virtual network device (eth0:0) ...
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How to delete the Windows directory from an old hard drive?

I recently installed a new faster hard drive on my computer, and I am using the old drive as a secondary. I am running Windows 7 Professional, and it won't let me delete the Windows directory off of ...
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Windows XP local network sharing: 1GB .zip file is blocked; seeing “Access Denied” on copy?

I have two computers on our local network both running Windows XP. My main computer has local network sharing setup for \etc\install. I have a folder with two 1GB .zip files, one of which I've had ...
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msconfig “access denied” - need to be an administrator, when I am

On a WinXP SP3 laptop, any time I make a change in msconfig, I receive the following error: System Configuration An Access Denied error was returned while attempting to change a service. ...
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Windows Backup fails - Access is Denied [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Windows 7 Backup Fails Possible duplicate of Windows 7 Backup Fails I use inbuilt Windows 7 backup functionality to create and store system image on my network store. ...
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No Access to C drive on Windows 7 x64 Home Premium

I'm on a computer whose user (Administrator account) says he changed network sharing settings for C:\ but made a mistake and after that, C: was no longer accessible. Windows generally starts, some ...
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Access is denied while moving a file from different volumes

i have a portable 500GB HDD plugged into my dell xps system. The system have windows 7 professional edition. the problem is that when i try to open a file(visual studio .sln file) it is saying that ...
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Disable Norton 360 in Windows XP

Since Norton is taking up 98% CPU time, I need it disabled for a customer. I don't want to uninstall it since they have a 2 year subscription (Don't worry, I'll smack them later), but I want to ...
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Unremovable partition

I have a Asus eee pc netbook with an ssd drive. The drive has 2 partitions, 3.9gb and 15gb. I have tried merging them in to 1 partition, tried deleting the partitions, and tried to format the ssd ...
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Error- D:\ is not accessible. Access is denied

All of the sudden the D drive gives me an error when I try to open it: D:\ is not accessible. Access is denied. I have files on the drive that I would like to recover, so I do not want to ...
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File Access Denied despite being administrator, owning the files, and having full permissions

I'm trying to copy data from my old laptops hard drive to my new desktop's. But on a certain folder, I can't copy any of the actual files - just the subfolders. I am informed that I require permission ...
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Windows 7: Can't access or delete folder although logged in as administrator

I have some folder: C:\program files (x86)\myApplication\myFolder I uninstalled the application, but myFolder is still there. If I try to open it, I get an 'Access denied'. If I try to delete it I ...
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C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is not accessible?

I am getting errors on my computer (Windows 7, 32-bit) after a improper shutdown. At first my user profile was corrupted in the registry and had to use the .bak file in Userprofiles list. But since ...
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Solving “Access is Denied” problem with WindowsXP

I have a Windows XP computer, and experienced a hard-freeze of my computer (keyboard/mouse not responsive) and was forced to re-boot my PC. Now I'm running into an issue attempting to access or ...
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“Error 5: Access denied” when installing programs with UAC turned off

I'm having some trouble installing msysgit 1.7.3.1preview on Windows 7 Home Premium. I downloaded the setup file from the Google Code and then ran it. Upon running, I got the following error: I ...
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Access denied to encrypted files after deleting system profile

After my profile became corrupt (from an IE7 developer toolbar bug... that's another story), I was forced to deleted C:\Documents And Settings[myUserAccount]. After having a sysadmin recreate the ...
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Removing access denied error on attempting to open certain filetypes

I've been given a machine with Win XP already on it that has an interesting security feature enabled. Any file called "autorun.inf" cannot be accessed by the user, windows just throws up "Access ...
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Windows folders exist but don't exist (Access is denied)

I have just deleted 3 folders from a directory. 2 of the folders have been deleted and gone, the third remains. The delete completed successfully. I used shift-delete to avoid the recycle bin. ...
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Some programs unable to access C:\ drive root - Windows 7 x64

Yesterday I noticed Komodo Edit (32-bit) being unable to create new folders in the Open File dialog; I got a Windows shell "Access denied" message box with "C:\ is not accessible. Access is denied.". ...
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Cannot access an application folder in Program files

I recently installed Windows 7 Professional 64bit on a new machine. I installed an application using a ClickOnce installer. The application runs fine, but I cannot access the application folder it ...
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What's the deal with writing to hidden files?

If I edit a hidden file in Notepad, I can save changes. Editing and then attempting to save that same file in Wordpad causes an "Access to C:...\file.txt" was denied" dialog to pop up. In my very ...
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Have local admin privileges on Windows XP, but getting “Error terminating process: Access is denied”. How to kill the process?

On one of the Windows XP machines I use regularly, there is a process that starts up periodically. I'd like to be able to kill the process – sometimes – because it occasionally runs when ...
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Access Denied using TakeOwn.exe

I have got this file that I can't delete. It happened after a system crash, so the CHKDSK kicked in upon next reboot. After that, I can't delete the file. THis is on Windows Home Server, and the file ...
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Can't delete C:\Config.Msi\75ce84f.rbf

I can't delete C:\Config.Msi\75ce84f.rbf. it's not readonly, system or hidden it's not in use by another process (according to Process Explorer) the NT security permissions aren't the problem either ...
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How can all files suddenly have become access-denied?

I'm having major trouble with my desktop, which is running Windows XP Professional. All the files have become access-denied overnight. I unchecked the file sharing option, I tried resetting the user ...
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Unable to access a registry key

I wondered why some file associations were broken and stumbled upon a nasty problem: I cannot access the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes. As you can see above, I cannot view its current ...
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Windows 7: The ARP entry addition failed: Access is denied

I'm on Windows 7 and am trying to assign a static arp entry for my default gateway using the command: arp -s 172.24.7.254 00-05-01-f9-28-00 172.24.1.20 But I get the following error: The ARP ...
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Couple folders went 'access denied' in Windows. Why and how to fix?

So, after a failed Windows 7 install, I put XP back on, and had a adrenaline shot when I got an access denied on a couple of my backed up folders. I already tried the instructions here at Microsoft ...
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Why am I getting file system “access denied” errors when I'm the administrator?

In one case, I was just writing a test application to enumerate all files on my system, and I get an "access denied" error for "C:\Documents and Settings" (which was returned by .NET when I said 'give ...
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Stopping an unstoppable service

I have antivirus service (Kaspersky) that occasionally becomes unresponsive to the normal stop/stop gui interface provided by said vendor. I would like to find a way to kill the service for a restart ...