Why do I have to give myself permission to change things?

[Stan Brown]

You haven't been reading the various replies in this thread. It has
already been clearly explained why the defaults are as they are and
that it's trivial to change them if you so desire. Please stop
pretending that you aren't able to do whatever you want to do.

I bet the only thing that would make him happy is if he could do it
with Ctrl-H.

 

[Big Steel]

To overcome these shortcomings of the NTFS filesystem, is why ms
developed the FAT filesystem i believe. (¿Or was it the other way around?)

That's the other way a round. MS developed NTFS because of the short
coming of FAT. NTFS was created after FAT or FAT32.

With WinVista and newer versions of WinNT, like Win7, we can no longer
install the OS on to a FAT filesystem, but we can still format all other
partitions we create/use as FAT32, install programs like Quake III to it
and thus don't have to contend with being denied permission to our own
files.

That's because FAT or FAT32 have no security.

/Nota Bene/ If single files will be bigger then 2 GigaByte, then FAT
mustn't be used, instead one need to resort to a different filesystem
that can handle files of that size (for example ext3 via a 3rd-party
driver).

NTFS is running on a server. A SQL Server database file MDF file type is

2 GigaByte in a whole lot of cases.

<http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/filesSize-c.html>

 

[Char Jackson]

I bet the only thing that would make him happy is if he could do it
with Ctrl-H.

Heh! That's a different guy, but it still made me laugh.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I bet the only thing that would make him happy is if he could do it
with Ctrl-H.

I admit it: I LOL'd

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Wed, 11 May 2011 21:35:58 -0700, Gene E. Bloch

Aww, shucks, Gene. Where do I send the payment?

Fortunately, there are many fine people here (including you, Gene!)
who gladly share their knowledge.

Just send me a cup of coffee, black no sugar. That'll do the trick for
today.

And thanks for the remark about me and the others.

 

[Big Steel]

Ooooh... stop it, you're scaring me!


Did you find out "what clicks to make" yet?

I just peeped your smart mouth little expertise here you little asshole
Nil La Menace. You are an expert at being an asshole. That's all you got
boy is your one line asshole remarks.

 

[Leon Manfredi]

In all the times I've asked for help since I discovered Usenet in
1984, it never once occurred to me to do so by throwing a tantrum and
yelling at the people who were in a position to help me. My way, using
a bit of common courtesy, seemed to have worked well over the years.
How is your way working out?

Seems you method of answer.... is showing up as your own guilty
conscience....Make it appear as it is, yours!!!!

 

[Leon Manfredi]

He won't be getting much help from me.

But then, maybe I don't know enough anyway

Here's some info for you, Manfredi, if you're listening. Char Jackson
has helped a lot of people in this newsgroup. He knows a lot and he
shares it readily.

The only help it seems, that you and others like you have offered so
far that I have read here, are words that are intended to demean and
degrade, to your own character levels... Should this newsgroup sink to
a level where those, nicely asking for assistance, then are ridiculed,
then, this conference will become nothing more than a public email
corresponding site for Musketeers, such as yourselves... Who will be
know for being to blame... Sayonara

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Wed, 11 May 2011 21:35:58 -0700, Gene E. Bloch

The only help it seems, that you and others like you have offered so
far that I have read here, are words that are intended to demean and
degrade, to your own character levels... Should this newsgroup sink to
a level where those, nicely asking for assistance, then are ridiculed,
then, this conference will become nothing more than a public email
corresponding site for Musketeers, such as yourselves... Who will be
know for being to blame... Sayonara

Sadly, your response is pretty much in character, which means you are
missing chances to learn something. I'm sorry about that, but it seems
I can't help you.

 

[XS11E]

The only help it seems, that you and others like you have offered
so far that I have read here, are words that are intended to
demean and degrade, to your own character levels.

You asked a question, you were given the correct answer, you chose not
to accept it but to criticize and insult those who gave you the answer.

Now you continue to rant and insult people?

I hope you don't expect any more assistance here unless your next post
is an apology.

 

[Rich]

Hi, Rich.

You may be missing the point Seth is trying to make.

When WinXP established a User account for "Rich", it called that user
"Rich" for display purposes, but it assigned a cryptic alias internally.
(If you are familiar enough with the Registry, you may be able to find it
in HKEY_USERS. Personally, I've never tried to decipher these for my
accounts.)

When Win7 established a User account for "Rich", it went through a
similar - but different - internal conversion algorithm, resulting in a
different internal equivalent to "Rich". On the surface, it looks like
WinXP's "Rich", but Win7 can tell the difference.

Because of all these internal transformations, a file created by "Rich" in
WinXP is not recognized as owned by "Rich" in Win7. So, in Win7, "Rich"
must somehow take ownership of that file, or give Win7's "Rich" permission
to read WinXP's "Rich's" file.

As I said, I am just a user, a non-programmer/non-developer, and I've
never learned what the internal machinations are, so I can't explain it
any better than this non-technical version. Maybe someone here can fill
in the proper technical details - if you need them.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)

Hi R.C.,

Yes, I think if you look at my reply to Seth you'll see that what you
described dawned on me. A folder created in one OS on a dual boot just
exists on the other OS with no knowledge of the creator. I appreciate your
follow-up explanation. It makes a lot of sense.
Thanks,
Rich

 

[milt]

It's really no big deal, is it? The security is there by default and
for most people is a good thing. If you don't like the default
settings you should feel free to change them. It's only a few mouse
clicks and is far easier than coming here to complain.

But people would much rather complain. Also, if the security was not set
the way it is, then people would be complaining how crappy Windows is
and how easy it is to mess it up, etc... either way, they would be
complaining because they want to complain.