can not save files

Under windows 7 regardless of program (one being notepad) I can not save
to an existing file (over-write) - I have to save the file as a new one
then use explorer to copy/move it. Why is this.

How do i log in AS administrator Ctrl-Alt-Del Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work
on windows 7. I can save to c:\users (my documents) but just about
nothing else. i have administrator rights anyway.

On 5/11/2010 23:18, Carlos wrote:
> Hi,
> Try running notepad as administrator and see what happens.
> Does it happen with any file being saved in any folder or is this
> issue related o a specific file/location?
> Carlos
>
> On 5 nov, 02:41, Jason<jal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Under windows 7 regardless of program (one being notepad) I can not save
>> to an existing file (over-write) - I have to save the file as a new one
>> then use explorer to copy/move it. Why is this.
>

Word uses my documents anyway. Maybe program files was a bad example
(that paticular file is a text configuration file). Other problems are
using other folders and other drives. I'll try running as administrator
to see what happens.

On 6/11/2010 14:29, R. C. White wrote:
> ?Hi, Jason.
>
> A few versions ago (Win2K?), Microsoft told developers to segregate
> their programs from their data. That's when the C:\Program Files folder
> was introduced and that was its purpose: to hold the program files, NOT
> the data. But program developers continued to code their applications to
> store their data in Program Files, alongside the executable files. That
> made the Program Files folder into something like a garbage dump.
>
> Users and developers also continued to put all kinds of garbage into
> C:\, the Root folder. This made it hard to keep the operating system
> organized efficiently.
>
> So, in Vista, Microsoft began enforcing the rules more strongly. Now,
> there are "protected areas" which cannot be used for storage unless we
> insist - and use Administrator credentials to do the insisting. The main
> protected areas are the Root folder (C:\) and C:\Program Files (and, of
> course, C:\Program Files (x86) in 64-bit Windows). We can install
> programs into those areas, since installation generally requires
> Administrator status anyhow. But when we install Word, for example, in
> the C:\Program Files\Office folder tree, it balks at putting its .doc
> files into that same folder. Word strongly prefers that we put its
> documents into an area like C:\Users\Jason\Documents.
>
> As Carlos said, by invoking Administrator credentials, we can insist on
> putting our Notepad or Word documents almost anywhere we want. But we
> must first convince Windows that we are THE BOSS and that we know what
> we are doing.
>
> RC

It's a relatively new computer but files have been copied from another
computer. Shall check ownership next time. Some have security for
S-1-5-21... which occurs on my XP computer also where the files are
created by the other installation of Windows but I've haven't had
problems with the majority of those files.

On 7/11/2010 03:04, Carlos wrote:
> Jason,
> You might want to try taking ownership of those folders where you are
> not allowed to save your files.
> That's why I asked you before if this was a fresh install.
> A fresh install grants you enough rights, but after an upgrade some
> rights on other drives might still reside of "former" owners.
> Carlos
>
> On 6 nov, 01:59, Jason<jal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Word uses my documents anyway. Maybe program files was a bad example
>> (that paticular file is a text configuration file). Other problems are
>> using other folders and other drives. I'll try running as administrator
>> to see what happens.
>>
>> On 6/11/2010 14:29, R. C. White wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> ?Hi, Jason.
>>
>>> A few versions ago (Win2K?), Microsoft told developers to segregate
>>> their programs from their data. That's when the C:\Program Files folder
>>> was introduced and that was its purpose: to hold the program files, NOT
>>> the data. But program developers continued to code their applications to
>>> store their data in Program Files, alongside the executable files. That
>>> made the Program Files folder into something like a garbage dump.
>>
>>> Users and developers also continued to put all kinds of garbage into
>>> C:\, the Root folder. This made it hard to keep the operating system
>>> organized efficiently.
>>
>>> So, in Vista, Microsoft began enforcing the rules more strongly. Now,
>>> there are "protected areas" which cannot be used for storage unless we
>>> insist - and use Administrator credentials to do the insisting. The main
>>> protected areas are the Root folder (C:\) and C:\Program Files (and, of
>>> course, C:\Program Files (x86) in 64-bit Windows). We can install
>>> programs into those areas, since installation generally requires
>>> Administrator status anyhow. But when we install Word, for example, in
>>> the C:\Program Files\Office folder tree, it balks at putting its .doc
>>> files into that same folder. Word strongly prefers that we put its
>>> documents into an area like C:\Users\Jason\Documents.
>>
>>> As Carlos said, by invoking Administrator credentials, we can insist on
>>> putting our Notepad or Word documents almost anywhere we want. But we
>>> must first convince Windows that we are THE BOSS and that we know what
>>> we are doing.
>>
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