Vista: it hates me.
This is the most batshit insane technical problem I’ll ever face. God only knows if there’s a solution.
Here’s the problem: all the folders on my PC have been labelled Read Only by Vista’s over zealous security systems. I have no idea when, how, or why this happened, but it’s obviously causing some problems. When I try and turn the folders to writeable, they’re immediately turned back. So – what the hell is going on, how the hell do I stop it, and dear-god is this a ‘feature’.
Explore posts in the same categories: Uncategorized
Tim Edwards. PC Gamer Editor. Nerd. 
January 19, 2007 at 2:11 am
Bit of a long shot (and I can’t say I’ve had much experience with Vista yet) but I don’t suppose it’s something to do with the Parental Controls is it?
January 22, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Format your hard drive and install Linux. Problem solved! 😉
I haven’t touched Vista yet myself, but I would imagine it’s something to do with either a) Vista automatically setting your access level on the folders according to your user level within Windows – i.e. are you a system administrator? or, b) someone’s remotely accessing your PC and altering all the access permissions on the folders to piss you about. Probably your network administrator… Though I’d virus check the hell out of the PC just to be sure.
January 27, 2007 at 11:42 am
The folder options?
Is there folder options in Vista now?
Is there even a control panel?!
February 25, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Microsoft finally makes an attempt for their longrunning plan to introduce AI despotic dictators.
September 17, 2007 at 9:24 pm
I feel you pain.
Vista has me bent over right now.
Arse-raping me hard.
Hard.