I've got some very strange permission problems on a Vista Laptop. In fact 2
Laptops, both with a fresh Vista install. The laptops are the only Vista
machines in the network, and the only machines experiencing this problem.. It
boils down to the fact that I can do some things which require
read/write/execute permissions, while other things don't work. I really don't
have a clue what else I can try, so hopefully someone is able to help me.

This is the environment:

- Vista Business on a Laptop, integrated in a Domain with Windows Small
Business Server 2003
- All available updates are installed on the client and server.
- Client is logged on with a Domain User account that is in the Local
Administrators Group.

Here are some of the things I am able to do on the network sha

- I can see all files and directories.
- I can copy a file to the network share.
- I can open text files, change and save them.
- I can open PDF files in Adobe Reader.
- I can create a new document in Word and save it.

And here are the things where I have permission problems:

- I cannot open a Word document (I also tried other Office formats). The
error message says "Permission denied. Please contact administrator"
(translated from German, may not be accurate)
- I cannot make a copy of a file on the network share - Permission denied.
- I cannot copy a file from a network share to another one - Permission
denied.

Of course I have checked all the obvious things (and also some not so
obvious ones) like:

- Share permissions are set correctly.
- NTFS permissions are set correctly.
- 3rd party virus software is removed from the laptop.
- UAC and Windows Defender are disabled.
- All accounts on the client and server have passwords.

I even tried to change the LAN Manager authentication level on the client. I
also tried logging in with the Domain Admin account on the client, but the
problems are the same.

Any ideas?

On Jun 12, 6:00 am, Martin Ennemoser
wrote:
I've got some very strange permission problems on aVistaLaptop. In fact 2
Laptops, both with a freshVistainstall. The laptops are the onlyVista
machines in the network, and the only machines experiencing thisproblem.. It
boils down to the fact that I can do some things which require
read/write/execute permissions, while other things don't work. I really don't
have a clue what else I can try, so hopefully someone is able to help me.

This is the environment:

-VistaBusiness on a Laptop, integrated in a Domain with Windows Small
BusinessServer2003
- All available updates are installed on the client andserver.
- Client is logged on with a Domain User account that is in the Local
Administrators Group.

Here are some of the things I am able to do on the networksha

- I can see all files and directories.
- I can copy a file to the networkshare.
- I can open text files, change and save them.
- I can open PDF files in Adobe Reader.
- I can create a new document in Word and save it.

And here are the things where I have permission problems:

- I cannot open a Word document (I also tried otherOfficeformats). The
error message says "Permission denied. Please contact administrator"
(translated from German, may not be accurate)
- I cannot make a copy of a file on the networkshare- Permission denied.
- I cannot copy a file from a networkshareto another one - Permission
denied.

Of course I have checked all the obvious things (and also some not so
obvious ones) like:

-Sharepermissions are set correctly.
- NTFS permissions are set correctly.
- 3rd party virus software is removed from the laptop.
- UAC and Windows Defender are disabled.
- All accounts on the client andserverhave passwords.

I even tried to change the LAN Manager authentication level on the client. I
also tried logging in with the Domain Admin account on the client, but the
problems are the same.

Any ideas?

Have a look at this discussion which sounds a bit similar.

Vista/Office 2k3 "Access Denied" in Documents Folder
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...1379408&page=1

Thanks for the tip, but I solved the problem in the meantime. As soon as I
removed Kaspersky Antivirus from all servers and the Vista clients it worked.
Only removing Kaspersky from the client was not enough.

" wrote:

On Jun 12, 6:00 am, Martin Ennemoser
wrote:
I've got some very strange permission problems on aVistaLaptop. In fact 2
Laptops, both with a freshVistainstall. The laptops are the onlyVista
machines in the network, and the only machines experiencing thisproblem.. It
boils down to the fact that I can do some things which require
read/write/execute permissions, while other things don't work. I really don't
have a clue what else I can try, so hopefully someone is able to help me.

This is the environment:

-VistaBusiness on a Laptop, integrated in a Domain with Windows Small
BusinessServer2003
- All available updates are installed on the client andserver.
- Client is logged on with a Domain User account that is in the Local
Administrators Group.

Here are some of the things I am able to do on the networksha

- I can see all files and directories.
- I can copy a file to the networkshare.
- I can open text files, change and save them.
- I can open PDF files in Adobe Reader.
- I can create a new document in Word and save it.

And here are the things where I have permission problems:

- I cannot open a Word document (I also tried otherOfficeformats). The
error message says "Permission denied. Please contact administrator"
(translated from German, may not be accurate)
- I cannot make a copy of a file on the networkshare- Permission denied.
- I cannot copy a file from a networkshareto another one - Permission
denied.

Of course I have checked all the obvious things (and also some not so
obvious ones) like:

-Sharepermissions are set correctly.
- NTFS permissions are set correctly.
- 3rd party virus software is removed from the laptop.
- UAC and Windows Defender are disabled.
- All accounts on the client andserverhave passwords.

I even tried to change the LAN Manager authentication level on the client. I
also tried logging in with the Domain Admin account on the client, but the
problems are the same.

Any ideas?

Have a look at this discussion which sounds a bit similar.

Vista/Office 2k3 "Access Denied" in Documents Folder
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.c...1379408&page=1