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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 [closed]
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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Why doesnt windows show a logon dialog for a NAS?
I have a Synology RAID that publishes some windows shares on my network.
On some machines running XP i am unable to log into these shares.
- Connect Network resource with different User/Pwd shows ...
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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 admin?
FYI: I'm using Windows 7.
In one case, I was just writing a test app to enumerate all files on my system, and I get an "access denied" error for "c:\documents and settings" (which was returned by ...
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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 ...
