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Windows security "features"
I just tried doing something on Win7, and it has the same infuriating inexplicable behavior as Vista.
I had downloaded a zip file to a shared (read-only) folder on my XP machine. I connected the Win7 machine to the shared folder, and tried to unzip the file to a local folder. I got the message "Access to the compressed (zipped) folder is denied. Before you can extract files, you must change the permissions for this compressed (zipped) folder." When I open the Properties window for the file, the Security tab says "You do not have permission to view or edit this object's permission settings."
I am able to unzip the file fine on the XP machine, but not from the Win7 machine.
So then, on the Win7 machine, I tried copying the file from the shared folder to a local folder. I am able to copy other files from that folder, but not this one. This one gives an error: "You do not have permission to perform this action. You require permission from the computer's administrator to make changes to this folder". If I try copying it from a command prompt, I get "Access is denied". The computer only has one user set up on it, and the user has administrator privileges.
I am able to download the same zip file from the internet to the Win7 machine, and am able to unzip that version fine. So it seems that any file I downloaded to the XP machine (I'm assuming that is what is "special" about the files that give me errors), I am not able to copy directly over to a Vista or Win7 machine.
HOWEVER, if on the XP machine, I move or copy the downloaded zip file to another folder (such as a subfolder of the shared folder), then on the Win7 machine I can view the file's Property - Settings tab, and I **AM** able to copy it directly from that XP folder to the Win7 machine without even having changed any permission settings.
So basically, if I want to copy all my files from my XP machine to a Vista or Win7 machine, I'll have to first copy them to some intermediate location.
Tests of different file types:
Downloaded a different zip file to XP machine; am NOT able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
Downloaded a jpg file to XP machine; was able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
Saved internet HTML files (with and without Java) to XP machine (File - Save); was able to copy them directly from Win7 machine.
Downloaded HTML pages (with and without Java) to XP machine (right-click link, Save Link As...); am NOT able to copy them directly to Win7 machine.
Renamed downloaded HTML page on XP machine; still am NOT able to copy it directly to Win7 machine.
Downloaded a .doc file to XP machine; was able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
Downloaded a .rtf file to XP machine; was able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
(But on the Vista machine, there had been an RTF file I WASN'T able to copy... there is one RTF file on the XP machine which I'm not able to copy over, but I am able to copy over other downloaded RTF files... so maybe there are other things that factor into the problem, not just that a file has been downloaded.)
Created a shared read-write folder on the Win7 machine and tried connecting to it from the XP machine.... wasn't able to. Even though I turned on Public Folder sharing on the Win7 machine, and gave Everyone read-write access to the shared folder, it still doesn't let me connect to the shared folder from the XP machine without a userid/password. Setting up userids and passwords might work, but it would defeat the purpose of what I was going to test.
I had downloaded a zip file to a shared (read-only) folder on my XP machine. I connected the Win7 machine to the shared folder, and tried to unzip the file to a local folder. I got the message "Access to the compressed (zipped) folder is denied. Before you can extract files, you must change the permissions for this compressed (zipped) folder." When I open the Properties window for the file, the Security tab says "You do not have permission to view or edit this object's permission settings."
I am able to unzip the file fine on the XP machine, but not from the Win7 machine.
So then, on the Win7 machine, I tried copying the file from the shared folder to a local folder. I am able to copy other files from that folder, but not this one. This one gives an error: "You do not have permission to perform this action. You require permission from the computer's administrator to make changes to this folder". If I try copying it from a command prompt, I get "Access is denied". The computer only has one user set up on it, and the user has administrator privileges.
I am able to download the same zip file from the internet to the Win7 machine, and am able to unzip that version fine. So it seems that any file I downloaded to the XP machine (I'm assuming that is what is "special" about the files that give me errors), I am not able to copy directly over to a Vista or Win7 machine.
HOWEVER, if on the XP machine, I move or copy the downloaded zip file to another folder (such as a subfolder of the shared folder), then on the Win7 machine I can view the file's Property - Settings tab, and I **AM** able to copy it directly from that XP folder to the Win7 machine without even having changed any permission settings.
So basically, if I want to copy all my files from my XP machine to a Vista or Win7 machine, I'll have to first copy them to some intermediate location.
Tests of different file types:
Downloaded a different zip file to XP machine; am NOT able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
Downloaded a jpg file to XP machine; was able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
Saved internet HTML files (with and without Java) to XP machine (File - Save); was able to copy them directly from Win7 machine.
Downloaded HTML pages (with and without Java) to XP machine (right-click link, Save Link As...); am NOT able to copy them directly to Win7 machine.
Renamed downloaded HTML page on XP machine; still am NOT able to copy it directly to Win7 machine.
Downloaded a .doc file to XP machine; was able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
Downloaded a .rtf file to XP machine; was able to copy it directly from Win7 machine.
(But on the Vista machine, there had been an RTF file I WASN'T able to copy... there is one RTF file on the XP machine which I'm not able to copy over, but I am able to copy over other downloaded RTF files... so maybe there are other things that factor into the problem, not just that a file has been downloaded.)
Created a shared read-write folder on the Win7 machine and tried connecting to it from the XP machine.... wasn't able to. Even though I turned on Public Folder sharing on the Win7 machine, and gave Everyone read-write access to the shared folder, it still doesn't let me connect to the shared folder from the XP machine without a userid/password. Setting up userids and passwords might work, but it would defeat the purpose of what I was going to test.