Guest Marilene Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 This is a Dell laptop, with Vista already installed on it. Not an upgrades. I have searched high and low and cannot figure out how to fix the problem. About a week ago I lost the ability to open files on my home network from another computer with winxp on it. Today I lost the ability to open files on my laptop that were created on my laptop, I keep getting the error "access denied" I don't have the rights to do this. No other people on my laptop, just me. Can someone help me with this? I'm lost. I even tried a program called takeownership but it didn't work. I'm using vista, I hate it. I've wasted half the day trying to get to my simple word files. any help will be greatly appreciated. Also, when I right click a file or folder and look at properties and advance, nothing is in there, there are no groups, people or admin settings. thank you M Quote
Guest Paul Smith Posted April 28, 2009 Posted April 28, 2009 What changed with the systems a week ago? Any new software installed? -- Paul Smith, Yeovil, UK. Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience. http://www.dasmirnov.net/ "Marilene" <mas@mselvaggio.com> wrote in message news:2C89713A-FF1A-4374-9A81-C1D17F25975F@microsoft.com...<span style="color:blue"> > This is a Dell laptop, with Vista already installed on it. Not an > upgrades. I have searched high and low and cannot figure out how to fix > the problem. > > About a week ago I lost the ability to open files on my home network from > another computer with winxp on it. > > Today I lost the ability to open files on my laptop that were created on > my laptop, I keep getting the error "access denied" I don't have the > rights to do this. No other people on my laptop, just me. > > Can someone help me with this? I'm lost. I even tried a program called > takeownership but it didn't work. > > I'm using vista, I hate it. I've wasted half the day trying to get to my > simple word files. > > any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Also, when I right click a file or folder and look at properties and > advance, nothing is in there, there are no groups, people or admin > settings. > > thank you > M </span> Quote
Guest Marilene Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 Nothing, no new software. The only thing I really use my laptop for is when I want to sit somewhere other than where my desktop is. And I use it to back up my Windows mobile phone. But other than that, nothing is added to it. Marilene "Paul Smith" <paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message news:ee1z6gEyJHA.1092@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > What changed with the systems a week ago? Any new software installed? > > -- > Paul Smith, > Yeovil, UK. > Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience. > http://www.dasmirnov.net/ > > > "Marilene" <mas@mselvaggio.com> wrote in message > news:2C89713A-FF1A-4374-9A81-C1D17F25975F@microsoft.com...<span style="color:green"> >> This is a Dell laptop, with Vista already installed on it. Not an >> upgrades. I have searched high and low and cannot figure out how to fix >> the problem. >> >> About a week ago I lost the ability to open files on my home network from >> another computer with winxp on it. >> >> Today I lost the ability to open files on my laptop that were created on >> my laptop, I keep getting the error "access denied" I don't have the >> rights to do this. No other people on my laptop, just me. >> >> Can someone help me with this? I'm lost. I even tried a program called >> takeownership but it didn't work. >> >> I'm using vista, I hate it. I've wasted half the day trying to get to my >> simple word files. >> >> any help will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Also, when I right click a file or folder and look at properties and >> advance, nothing is in there, there are no groups, people or admin >> settings. >> >> thank you >> M</span> > </span> Quote
Guest Jim Posted April 29, 2009 Posted April 29, 2009 On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:22:04 -0700, "Marilene" <mas@mselvaggio.com> wrote: <span style="color:blue"> >This is a Dell laptop, with Vista already installed on it. Not an upgrades. >I have searched high and low and cannot figure out how to fix the problem. > >About a week ago I lost the ability to open files on my home network from >another computer with winxp on it. > >Today I lost the ability to open files on my laptop that were created on my >laptop, I keep getting the error "access denied" I don't have the rights to >do this. No other people on my laptop, just me. > >Can someone help me with this? I'm lost. I even tried a program called >takeownership but it didn't work. > >I'm using vista, I hate it. I've wasted half the day trying to get to my >simple word files. > >any help will be greatly appreciated. > >Also, when I right click a file or folder and look at properties and >advance, nothing is in there, there are no groups, people or admin settings. > >thank you >M </span> http://www.superantispyware.com/ http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php Quote
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