On 13/11/09 17:04, Mike McMullin wrote:
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 15:43 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 12/11/09 15:42, Mike McMullin wrote:
I had a gut feeling that this is where the problem may lie and I will now have a close look at what I set up during the installation.
Many thanks for your response.
His original HD was set up under Pro. He did tell me that he got it to work, but could not remember what solution worked, I figured he fired a try this/that/other thing volley at it until it resolved.
Thanks, Mike, I'll look at this again at the first opportunity.
Since everything is really backed up I may even simply start from scratch...and let 'nature takes its' course' - so to speak.
I did consider that the MS version of ntfs had again changed with the introduction of Vista (like it did in XP from NT) but I have not this to be case so permissions seem to be cause of my problem.
If it's the case, please let me know how to resolve it, though I'd think that using the Administration profile ought to be able to access anyones files.
OK, here is how I solved it. It does have to do with what we know in
Linux as permissions.
This should do it:
Start/Control Panel/Folder Options/View/ *untick* (ie deselect) Use
Simple File Sharing (Recommended)
If not then also check:
Start/My Computer/ then right-click on each HD icon and select
Properties/Security and make sure that the