Re: Help--Excel files that cannot be accessed...

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From: Spinner (spinner_at_web.cor)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 21:51:18 -0500

Yes, XP Home does not normally have the security tab, and it will also not
be available if your using fat32 instead of NTFS on Pro.

"wojo" <kwoyachSPAM53954@yahoo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
news:ffu8c.2195$Hm4.1986@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> Hey Spinner is this one of those Networking perks that's only in XP Pro?
> Because I just tried that myself but didn't have a security tab (I am
> running XP Home)
> I'm not having a sharing problem but am just curious. Knowledge is power
> etc...
>
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> "Spinner" <spinner@web.cor> wrote in message
> news:_au8c.7816$oH2.2641@lakeread01...
> > It sounds like a permissions problem.
> > Right click the files that will not open and select Properties, then the
> > Security tab.
> > This will display the security settings on the files. Since you can't
open
> > them you will not be able to change the permissions, however, you can
take
> > ownership of them which will allow you to make any changes you wish.
> > On the bottom of the security tab is an Advanced button, click it then
on
> > the next screen select the Owner tab. You should see the current owner
and
> > a
> > list of users below. Select your account and under "Change owner to:"
and
> > hit apply. You should now be able to change the permissions on the
> > previous
> > screens to add yourself to the list.
> >
> > "Russ" <rweisenw@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:e7be01c41223$ef5f44d0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I will start by posting my message here and then try
> >> other places....
> >>
> >> Help...
> >>
> >> I have some Excel files that won't open. An error pops
> >> up and says that the file cannot be opened because it is
> >> either read-only or encrypted. Then an error: cannot
> >> access file.
> >>
> >> Some background.... I used to have two computers (both
> >> running Windows XP Professional) connected to a simple
> >> network where the first computer could access shared
> >> files on the second computer (in a shared documents
> >> directory). I then moved to a new location and
> >> reconnected the computers but decided not to share them
> >> anymore.
> >>
> >> My friend who "knows computers" came to help me reconnect
> >> my computers and we found that the shared directory was
> >> displaying a "access denied" error. So he went into the
> >> permissions and changed the permissions to Full Access
> >> for all users. This allowed us to go into the shared
> >> directory, but some of the files (Excel spreadsheets) do
> >> not open (they display the error mentioned in the first
> >> paragraph-- cannot open read-only or encrypted.. cannot
> >> access file). BUT, some files *can* be opened.
> >>
> >> I'm stumped because I do not know enough about file
> >> permissions, networking, group policies, etc.
> >>
> >> HELP!! Does anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >
>
>

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