vista administrative problem

Just got a new computer with Vista on it....I have a storage device connected
by a USB port. When I attempt to SAVE a document to the storage device, I
get a message that "I do not have access privileges, see my administrator".
I AM the administrator. I have a second device attached to a USB port that I
can save to with no problem. Anyone have any idea where I might go to give
myself permission to save documents to the external storage device????????

Crimson Tide Fan;542916 Wrote:
> Just got a new computer with Vista on it....I have a storage device
> connected
> by a USB port. When I attempt to SAVE a document to the storage device,
> I
> get a message that "I do not have access privileges, see my
> administrator".
> I AM the administrator. I have a second device attached to a USB port
> that I
> can save to with no problem. Anyone have any idea where I might go to
> give
> myself permission to save documents to the external storage
> device????????

Hi Crimson Tide Fan,

The USB drive needs to be formated with NTFS instead of FAT32 if it is
not. You can also try to take ownership of the USB drive. See Method
Two in this tutorial for how.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html

Shawn


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Shawn Thanks so much for your response. I am a seriouly "technology
challenged" person and do not feel comfortable doing very much to the
computer. However, I did check and the two storage devices (one is a segate
500gig device and the other is a firelite 60 gig). The firelite 60 gig is
set as a FAT32 and I can save to it, the Segate 500 gig is set as NTFS and I
get that message that I don't have permission to save to it. Is this
significant?
One other question, promise I won't continue to bug you with more questions.
Is it a serious issue to turn off the Administrative Control? Its driving
me crazy and I am ready to go back to XP
Aaron
Crimson Tide Fan

"brink" wrote:

>
> Crimson Tide Fan;542916 Wrote:
> > Just got a new computer with Vista on it....I have a storage device
> > connected
> > by a USB port. When I attempt to SAVE a document to the storage device,
> > I
> > get a message that "I do not have access privileges, see my
> > administrator".
> > I AM the administrator. I have a second device attached to a USB port
> > that I
> > can save to with no problem. Anyone have any idea where I might go to
> > give
> > myself permission to save documents to the external storage
> > device????????
>
> Hi Crimson Tide Fan,
>
> The USB drive needs to be formated with NTFS instead of FAT32 if it is
> not. You can also try to take ownership of the USB drive. See Method
> Two in this tutorial for how.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67...ship-file.html
>
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.*
> OM\")
> *Please post feedback to help others.*
>

On Dec 13, 5:09 am, Crimson Tide Fan
<CrimsonTide...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Shawn Thanks so much for your response. I am a seriouly "technology
> challenged" person and do not feel comfortable doing very much to the
> computer. However, I did check and the two storage devices (one is a segate
> 500gig device and the other is a firelite 60 gig). The firelite 60 gig is
> set as a FAT32 and I can save to it, the Segate 500 gig is set as NTFS and I
> get that message that I don't have permission to save to it. Is this
> significant?
> One other question, promise I won't continue to bug you with more questions.
> Is it a serious issue to turn off the Administrative Control? Its driving
> me crazy and I am ready to go back to XP
> Aaron
> Crimson Tide Fan

Aaron,

It's probably not a big deal to turn off User Account Control, but you
never know.

I've turned mine off because I am still installing hardware and
applications on my machine. When I'm done "prepping" it for use, I
will either (A) turn UAC back on, or (B) take away the administrative
privilege on my user account. I can always put it back later, or
simply logon as Administrator.