I keep being told I need 'permission'! Help!

[marco772]

Hi,

I have a worrying development and I have no idea how to get things back to how they were.
I keep getting pop up boxes saying that I don;t have permissions and I'm not the administrator.

Just now, I sent a gmail and tried to attach a photo which I'd saved to the desktop and it wouldn't let me, saying;

"You don;t currently have permission to access this folder. Click continue"

and then;

"You have been denied permission to access this folder"

Now several icons on my desktop have padlocks on them, as in the attached photo.

I'm not terribly au fait with all this, so can anyone advise me?

Thanks

Mark

 

[EzioAuditore]

Have you tried granting yourself permission of files? Try the method linked below.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html

 

[MacGyvr]

Hi,

I have a worrying development and I have no idea how to get things back to how they were.
I keep getting pop up boxes saying that I don;t have permissions and I'm not the administrator.

Just now, I sent a gmail and tried to attach a photo which I'd saved to the desktop and it wouldn't let me, saying;

"You don;t currently have permission to access this folder. Click continue"

and then;

"You have been denied permission to access this folder"

Now several icons on my desktop have padlocks on them, as in the attached photo.

I'm not terribly au fait with all this, so can anyone advise me?

Thanks

Mark

Have you made ANY alterations to permissions on your system? Was this an upgrade, a clean install, or a PC purchased with 7 already installed? Did the problem just start all of a sudden? Have you used System Restore to go back to before it started?

 

[Ztruker]

That sounds suspiciously like a malware infection. May not be but it would be best to register at one of the good malware sites like WhatTheTech or GeeksToGo (or many others) and have them take a look. If not malware come back if the other suggestions already here made don't help.

 

[marco772]

Hi, Well, I ran Malwarebytes and it came up clean.
To answer Macgyvr, yes, it just began all of a sudden. I did something last night, following a bit of Googling and the padlocks have now gone.
I have included the advice I took in the attachment on Wordpad.
I'm a little concerned as to whether I am now less secure than before after seeing the response (also in the attachment)?

I don't really understand all this 'administrator' 'permissions'. I'm would have thought, as the PC was set up for my sole use that I AM the admin and should be able to do as I please, surely?

It all SEEMS okay now, but I have included a screenshot of my security settings, just in case I've done wrong!

Thanks for the advice!

Mark

 

[marco772]

Ah, a new problem has now presented itself. My Download Accelerator - which worked fine before - now won't download to the desktop (my preference). It goes through all the motions and then, just before completion the message shown in the attachment pops up. Most vexing!

Mark

 

[MacGyvr]

Use System Restore to go back to a point before all this started and before you tried to "fix" it. FYI, do not use download accelerators, either. They are useless.

 

[bmcdevitt]

Ah, a new problem has now presented itself. My Download Accelerator - which worked fine before - now won't download to the desktop (my preference). It goes through all the motions and then, just before completion the message shown in the attachment pops up. Most vexing!

Mark

hey marc, did you join a domain recently?

 

[WindowsStar]

Ah, a new problem has now presented itself. My Download Accelerator - which worked fine before - now won't download to the desktop (my preference). It goes through all the motions and then, just before completion the message shown in the attachment pops up. Most vexing!

Mark

hey marc, did you join a domain recently?

I noticed this too; Authenticated Users are in the list of groups that have permissions to your system. Authenticated Users are typically only used in Domain Environments.

 

[bmcdevitt]

Ah, a new problem has now presented itself. My Download Accelerator - which worked fine before - now won't download to the desktop (my preference). It goes through all the motions and then, just before completion the message shown in the attachment pops up. Most vexing!

Mark

hey marc, did you join a domain recently?

I noticed this too; Authenticated Users are in the list of groups that have permissions to your system. Authenticated Users are typically only used in Domain Environments.

yes when i set up peoples computers at work, after i join them to my domain, they will get messages with about everything they open asking for administrator cridentials, i get around this by adding a physical user account with the same login name as the network username, to the computer with administrator rights. and that solves the problem, they dont get the message anymore.

 

[marco772]

Hello again,

Well, as I'm not exactly sure what a domain is or how I would go about joining one, I will assume that I haven't!
The reason I need the download accelerator is because my connection often cuts out and I have to start over, the DA allows the download to resume upon reconnection. It wasn't to increase the speed and it was fine before...

The only bit I understand above is the System Restore, so I might wind it back 3-4 days and try that I think...

Thanks again!

Mark

 

[WindowsStar]

@marco772

If you have not joined a domain then domain policies will not be applied. I think that is what bmcdevitt and I were concerned about. Domain Policies can/will override local computer settings.

I guess my next suggestion would be to use a restore point to roll back your computer to a time before you were having this issue. -WS

 

[marco772]

Hi, thanks for all the help, I rolled it back three days using System Restore and now it all seems fine (fingers crossed).
No idea what could have upset it like that. And double-surprised that System Restore actually worked for once too!

Thanks again,

Mark

 

[WindowsStar]

Hi, thanks for all the help, I rolled it back three days using System Restore and now it all seems fine (fingers crossed).
No idea what could have upset it like that. And double-surprised that System Restore actually worked for once too!

Thanks again,

Mark

Fantastic!