ktpardue said:
Hello,
I am new to this forum and I am pleased there is such a forum to answer
Vista questions. I have owned Vista Ultimate since it came out, but have
not used it until now. I am trying to get used to the the way Vista
manage files. Can someone succinctly explain why Vista frequently
denies me the ability to move, copy, cut, and paste files across
folders? With XP this was never an issue. I am the owner/administrator
of my own network and I believe I have ensured that I have full rights
to all operations. Any feedback you can provide me will be very
helpful.
Thanks,
KT Pardue
Network administrator is not the same as "administrator" status in Vista,
and even an account with Administrator status cannot do a number of
operations without elevating it's status to full administrator. No user
account, even with "administrator" status actually has this higher status.
Vista, like all modern operating systems does a great deal to improve
security, by not allowing anything running to run as administrator, even an
administrator account, so that if it were compromised by malware, it could
not take over your machine. You could try any flavor of Linux or a Mac, and
today, you'll fine essentially the same ideas. The simple fact is that
almost no one and no software needs full administrator status, and to give
it willy nilly is to open the machine to disaster. It also protects you from
yourself. Sometimes this can be frustrating. In general, you might say that
if the OP is preventing your from moving or altering certain files, it may
well be there is a good reason, and you probably shouldn't be tampering with
them. Of course there are exceptions, but Vista is a complex system, and
overriding it's protections as many do is simply asking for grief. Malware
is far more sophisticated these days, and the scanner software is always
playing catch-up, it is never ahead of the bad guys. This is all simplified,
but that is the drift of it.
There is a learning curve with Vista or any modern operating system. It can
be fun and a useful challenge, or you can give in to frustration because
Vista does not operate like XP. The simple reason is that it isn't XP. I
picked it up in a few weeks, and most of the folks I know did too. Going
back to XP is less and less of an option and sometimes simply not possible
for lack of drivers.. Vista works great for me, and I came from Win98SE,
where you could blow away anything, move anything, and any malware at all
could do whatever it wanted to the machine. I don't miss it. I hope this
helps you.
Good luck.
