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Post August 21st, 2008, 3:40 am

ok so this is the second time in two days that i have had to format vista (blue screening on boot) and now all the folders on my computer are read only :S every time i change it it;s says it's applying it but when i go back on the properties it's back to read only any help :P and i really dnt want to format again :(

i also get errors when installing itunes about check i have privileges but i'm admin :/
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Post August 21st, 2008, 4:34 am

What was the blue screen error message?
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Post August 21st, 2008, 5:32 am

Does the read only look like this?

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If so your files aren't read only. It is a weird Microsoft thing that you cannot change.
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Post August 21st, 2008, 7:45 am

so i haven't messed it up? :D thanks i do love this forum :D

and i dnt remember what the blue screen was :/ i know the the windows repair couldn't fix it nor could a system restore but that doesn't shock me tbh
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Post August 21st, 2008, 8:09 am

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Does the read only look like this?

<<readonly.jpg>>

If so your files aren't read only. It is a weird Microsoft thing that you cannot change.

Odd, I always thought the greyed-out box meant that some, but not all, of the files in that folder or in subfolders were read-only.
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Post August 21st, 2008, 8:24 am

You can have a folder you create, like the one I posted above, and all the files in there are set to be not read-only and you will still get that grayed-out check mark.
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Post August 21st, 2008, 8:27 am

Wow, you're right. That is weird.

By the way, do you work for Citrix grinch? I had a friend who worked there for half a year or so last year, down in Florida.
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Post August 21st, 2008, 8:28 am

No I work for the U.S. Capitol Police. I have been playing with XenServer which was bought by Citrix.
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Post August 21st, 2008, 8:29 am

Ah ok.
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Post August 21st, 2008, 8:30 am

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Wow, you're right. That is weird.


It's been a quirk of Windows since XP
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Post August 21st, 2008, 2:39 pm

on mine the read only isn't greyed out tho :/


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Post August 21st, 2008, 4:59 pm

grinch posted the XP version. Vista looks different, but it's still something they didn't address.
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Post August 22nd, 2008, 1:30 pm

>_< will at least me vista works now :D lol thanks for the help :D
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Post August 29th, 2008, 5:47 am

Downgrade to XP. Vista still is a crap.
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Post August 29th, 2008, 6:44 am

Not everyone thinks it is crap though. I run Vista Ultimate on 3 new laptops and a 5 year old desktop without any issues. It functions just fine. Do I like it as much as XP? Hard to say. Vista is a little more complicated than XP for certain tasks but I can do everything on Vista that I could on XP. Do I recommend Vista to everyone? No I don't but it also depends on the user I am talking to.
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