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

From: wojo (kwoyachSPAM53954_at_yahoo.SPAMcom)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:02:13 GMT

oh that explains it. 

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"Spinner" <spinner@web.cor> wrote in message 
news:POM8c.9424$oH2.6661@lakeread01...
> Yes, XP Home does not normally have the security tab, and it will also not
> be available if your using fat32 instead of NTFS on Pro.
>
>
> "wojo" <kwoyachSPAM53954@yahoo.SPAMcom> wrote in message
> news:ffu8c.2195$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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