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  #16  
Old December 13th 18, 01:14 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Bill in Co[_3_]
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 6:36 PM, Bill in Co wrote:
pyotr filipivich wrote:
Art Todesco on Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:56:27 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On 12/12/2018 10:38 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 10:27 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Art Todesco
writes:
I think it was the latest MS rollout today. Everything on my
computer, both C: and D: have been made read only. And I can't seem
to fix it. I've tried to change permissions and it just goes through
and seems to change, however, the next time you access any folder or
file, it goes back to read only. Any ideas on how to get back to
normalcy?

AskWoody says "December 2018 Patch Tuesday is under way" and
"MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an
immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don't do it."

If you're pretty convinced it _is_ the update (I see three - a .net
one, a system one, and the usual MSRT), have you tried a System
Restore?

No I haven't ... will do that next. Also, I can't even change the name
of any file on my data drive, d:, as it complains, "Unknown User"!
What's that all about?

I did a System Restore to eliminate this morning's update and now, all
seems to be fine. Very weird. Of course, I haven't checked every
single file, etc., but the ones I had problems with after the update,
seem to be ok. Thanks for all the advice.

Make a backup of every file you don't want to lose.


But I don't think that's practical for this case (nor would it help). He
really either needs to use System Restore, or an image or clone backup,
to resolve this kind of thing (that got screwed up by a windows update).
Simply backing up individual files won't do it unless I've misread
something
here.

Now that I know that a system restore can fix the problem, I might try
reinstalling the update. But I think I'll wait to see if others have
problems. In the mean time, I'm ok the way I am. I may never install
that update!


System Restore can be a Godsend, and it usually works. :-) The only thing
better is to restore a clone or image backup of your system, which always
works. :-)

I've never been a fan of the windows updates, but I'm probably a bit more
conservative than most here. But at least with Windows 7, you have a
choice, unlike Windows 10 - (except I think someone has come up with a patch
to prevent those updates, but I don't know, since I've never used Windows
10).


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  #17  
Old December 13th 18, 02:52 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

Bill in Co wrote:


System Restore can be a Godsend, and it usually works. :-) The only thing
better is to restore a clone or image backup of your system, which always
works. :-)

I've never been a fan of the windows updates, but I'm probably a bit more
conservative than most here. But at least with Windows 7, you have a
choice, unlike Windows 10 - (except I think someone has come up with a patch
to prevent those updates, but I don't know, since I've never used Windows
10).


I generally like to poke the broken bit with a stick
first, to see why it broke.

But not everyone can afford such time luxuries.

I eventually reach the point where I have to "punt"
too, but it might take a few days for me to reach
that conclusion.

Paul

  #18  
Old December 13th 18, 04:04 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
pyotr filipivich
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

"Bill in Co" surly_curmudgeon@earthlink on Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:36:36
-0700 typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
pyotr filipivich wrote:
Art Todesco on Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:56:27 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On 12/12/2018 10:38 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 10:27 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Art Todesco
writes:
I think it was the latest MS rollout today. Everything on my
computer, both C: and D: have been made read only. And I can't seem
to fix it. I've tried to change permissions and it just goes through
and seems to change, however, the next time you access any folder or
file, it goes back to read only. Any ideas on how to get back to
normalcy?

AskWoody says "December 2018 Patch Tuesday is under way" and
"MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an
immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don't do it."

If you're pretty convinced it _is_ the update (I see three - a .net
one, a system one, and the usual MSRT), have you tried a System
Restore?

No I haven't ... will do that next. Also, I can't even change the name
of any file on my data drive, d:, as it complains, "Unknown User"!
What's that all about?

I did a System Restore to eliminate this morning's update and now, all
seems to be fine. Very weird. Of course, I haven't checked every
single file, etc., but the ones I had problems with after the update,
seem to be ok. Thanks for all the advice.


Make a backup of every file you don't want to lose.


But I don't think that's practical for this case (nor would it help). He
really either needs to use System Restore, or an image or clone backup, to
resolve this kind of thing (that got screwed up by a windows update).
Simply
backing up individual files won't do it unless I've misread something here.


Ah. My response was to "I did a restore, and everything is back
to 'normal'."
My intended response was "Now, backup any of your files you don't
want to lose."


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  #19  
Old December 13th 18, 04:24 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Bill in Co[_3_]
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

Paul wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:


System Restore can be a Godsend, and it usually works. :-) The only
thing better is to restore a clone or image backup of your system, which
always works. :-)

I've never been a fan of the windows updates, but I'm probably a bit more
conservative than most here. But at least with Windows 7, you have a
choice, unlike Windows 10 - (except I think someone has come up with a
patch to prevent those updates, but I don't know, since I've never used
Windows 10).


I generally like to poke the broken bit with a stick
first, to see why it broke.

But not everyone can afford such time luxuries.

I eventually reach the point where I have to "punt"
too, but it might take a few days for me to reach
that conclusion.

Paul


And you have a lot more knowledge, so that makes it worth it. Anytime I
have the requisite knowledge and don't mind wasting a few hours on tracking
something down, or figure the journey is (in a sense) the reward, for
knowledge gained from the experience, I'll do some digging. :-)


  #20  
Old December 13th 18, 09:50 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
David B.[_10_]
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

On 13/12/2018 03:24, Bill in Co wrote:
Paul wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:


System Restore can be a Godsend, and it usually works. :-) The only
thing better is to restore a clone or image backup of your system, which
always works. :-)

I've never been a fan of the windows updates, but I'm probably a bit more
conservative than most here. But at least with Windows 7, you have a
choice, unlike Windows 10 - (except I think someone has come up with a
patch to prevent those updates, but I don't know, since I've never used
Windows 10).


I generally like to poke the broken bit with a stick
first, to see why it broke.

But not everyone can afford such time luxuries.

I eventually reach the point where I have to "punt"
too, but it might take a few days for me to reach
that conclusion.

Paul


And you have a lot more knowledge, so that makes it worth it. Anytime I
have the requisite knowledge and don't mind wasting a few hours on tracking
something down, or figure the journey is (in a sense) the reward, for
knowledge gained from the experience, I'll do some digging. :-)


It seems we are not too disimilar, Bill!
Here's the first part of a thread of mine back in October!

=

Installing Linux Mint on an old Apple iMac
Post by GA11 » Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:47 pm

Hello - this my first post in these forums! :mrgreen:

I'm just an amateur computer user who last week was presented with a
small Dell computer by my daughter - "dad, can you fix this"? It was
running Windows 10 but only has 32GB RAM. There was less than 3GB of
disk space free - the new Update from Microsoft said it needed 8GB to
install it. Long story short, the laptop now has Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon
installed and it's running like a dream. That was my learning curve!

My principal computer is now a new 27in Apple iMac. My 'old' 24in 2008
(model) iMac died and because it is now 'vintage' neither Apple nor
appointed Apple authorised agents would touch it. A local computer shop
diagnosed that the hard drive had failed but wanted much money to repair
it. I decided to do the job myself! I've installed a brand new 1TB drive
obtained from Western Digital through Amazon UK. However, I'm having
great difficulty installing another operating system so checked my RAM
with MemTest. Crucial are going to replace the RAM free of charge under
their lifetime guarantee and I'm currently awaiting delivery of same.

In the meantime, I've had a 'play' with trying to put Mint on the
machine (using the RAM which came with the iMac back in 2009). This I
have done and have been able to 'surf' on the Internet!

The whole thread is he-

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtop...A11#p 1537501
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David B.

https://vxer.home.blog/2018/12/08/vxer-a-profile/
  #21  
Old December 13th 18, 02:26 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Art Todesco
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

On 12/12/2018 6:55 PM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 6:36 PM, Bill in Co wrote:
pyotr filipivich wrote:
Art Todesco on Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:56:27 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.generalÂ* the following:
On 12/12/2018 10:38 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 10:27 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Art Todesco
writes:
I think it was the latest MS rollout today. Everything on my
computer, both C: and D: have been made read only. And I can't seem
to fix it. I've tried to change permissions and it just goes through
and seems to change, however, the next time you access any folder or
file, it goes back to read only. Any ideas on how to get back to
normalcy?

AskWoody says "December 2018 Patch Tuesday is under way" and
"MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an
immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don't do it."

If you're pretty convinced it _is_ the update (I see three - a .net
one, a system one, and the usual MSRT), have you tried a System
Restore?

No I haven't ... will do that next. Also, I can't even change the name
of any file on my data drive, d:, as it complains, "Unknown User"!
What's that all about?

I did a System Restore to eliminate this morning's update and now, all
seems to be fine.Â* Very weird.Â* Of course, I haven't checked every
single file, etc., but the ones I had problems with after the update,
seem to be ok.Â* Thanks for all the advice.

Make a backup of every file you don't want to lose.


But I don't think that's practical for this case (nor would it help).Â* He
really either needs to use System Restore, or an image or clone
backup, to
resolve this kind of thing (that got screwed up by a windows update).
Simply
backing up individual files won't do it unless I've misread something
here.

Now that I know that a system restore can fix the problem, I might try
reinstalling the update.Â* But I think I'll wait to see if others have
problems.Â* In the mean time, I'm ok the way I am.Â* I may never install
that update!

Well, this morning, after turning on the computer, the d: drive is again
all read only. I know it was ok yesterday afternoon. And, if I try to
change the permission, Windows say I must log in as the administrator.
I know how to do this from a Command Prompt window, but do you do it
from a regular Windows, window?
  #22  
Old December 13th 18, 03:12 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Art Todesco
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

On 12/13/2018 8:26 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 6:55 PM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 6:36 PM, Bill in Co wrote:
pyotr filipivich wrote:
Art Todesco on Wed, 12 Dec 2018 10:56:27 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.generalÂ* the following:
On 12/12/2018 10:38 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 10:27 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Art Todesco
writes:
I think it was the latest MS rollout today. Everything on my
computer, both C: and D: have been made read only. And I can't seem
to fix it. I've tried to change permissions and it just goes
through
and seems to change, however, the next time you access any
folder or
file, it goes back to read only. Any ideas on how to get back to
normalcy?

AskWoody says "December 2018 Patch Tuesday is under way" and
"MS-DEFCON 2: Patch reliability is unclear. Unless you have an
immediate, pressing need to install a specific patch, don't do it."

If you're pretty convinced it _is_ the update (I see three - a .net
one, a system one, and the usual MSRT), have you tried a System
Restore?

No I haven't ... will do that next. Also, I can't even change the
name
of any file on my data drive, d:, as it complains, "Unknown User"!
What's that all about?

I did a System Restore to eliminate this morning's update and now, all
seems to be fine.Â* Very weird.Â* Of course, I haven't checked every
single file, etc., but the ones I had problems with after the update,
seem to be ok.Â* Thanks for all the advice.

Make a backup of every file you don't want to lose.

But I don't think that's practical for this case (nor would it
help).Â* He
really either needs to use System Restore, or an image or clone
backup, to
resolve this kind of thing (that got screwed up by a windows update).
Simply
backing up individual files won't do it unless I've misread something
here.

Now that I know that a system restore can fix the problem, I might try
reinstalling the update.Â* But I think I'll wait to see if others have
problems.Â* In the mean time, I'm ok the way I am.Â* I may never install
that update!

Well, this morning, after turning on the computer, the d: drive is again
all read only.Â* I know it was ok yesterday afternoon.Â* And, if I try to
change the permission, Windows say I must log in as the administrator. I
know how to do this from a Command Prompt window, but do you do it from
a regular Windows, window?


I think this is an Emily Latella moment (SNL). I'd like to say, "never
mind". I just found out that today, the only time I get read only on
the d: drive is, when I approach a file via an existing desktop
shortcut. Now yesterday, was a different story ... No matter how you
got to a file on the d: drive, it was read only. Today I removed the
shortcut and made a new one. All's ok now. Thanks.
  #23  
Old December 13th 18, 04:49 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
pyotr filipivich
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Default Help! Something made all folders/files read only

Art Todesco on Thu, 13 Dec 2018 09:12:56 -0500
typed in alt.windows7.general the following:
On 12/13/2018 8:26 AM, Art Todesco wrote:
On 12/12/2018 6:55 PM, Art Todesco wrote:

[snip]

Well, this morning, after turning on the computer, the d: drive is again
all read only.* I know it was ok yesterday afternoon.* And, if I try to
change the permission, Windows say I must log in as the administrator. I
know how to do this from a Command Prompt window, but do you do it from
a regular Windows, window?


I think this is an Emily Latella moment (SNL). I'd like to say, "never
mind". I just found out that today, the only time I get read only on
the d: drive is, when I approach a file via an existing desktop
shortcut. Now yesterday, was a different story ... No matter how you
got to a file on the d: drive, it was read only. Today I removed the
shortcut and made a new one. All's ok now. Thanks.


Sounds like a "property" issue with the shortcut.

I hate it when that happens.

pyotr

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