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UAC is the cause of this I believe (someone correct me if I'm wrong) and turning it off fixes this. ---- Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-884-1231 / c: 248-635-4955 > From: Bill Wheeler <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:15:19 -0400 > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [MSUNAG] Windows 2008 file system (newbie-?) > > Hi, all-- > This is probably a newbie question: I haven't had a chance to really > learn Windows 2008 yet. > > I host some Windows 2003 file servers on which users sometimes share > executable files along with their data files. We're looking at moving > to Windows 2008, but it seems that whenever a folder contains an > executable file, some form of write-protection is applied to the folder, > affecting administrators as well as users. My "effective permissions" > are 'Full Control', but when I try to overwrite a file in the folder I > get "access is denied." I've heard that this is a "feature" of Windows > 2008, to prevent malicious overwriting of executable files. Is there a > way to get around this, or turn it off? > > Thanks! > --Bill. > ---------------------- > Bill Wheeler, Systems Administrator > Michigan State University Libraries > [log in to unmask] (517)884-0882