vista administrative problem

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Crimson Tide Fan

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????????
 
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
 
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
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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.
 
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