Re: Convert to NTFS changed program functions

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From: Richard (no-one.here_at_nospam.uk)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:43:49 +0100

At least one of the programs is not old and both examples are listed by
their suppliers as current and supporting Windows XP. They were working
before I converted to NTFS and that is the issue, what has NTFS done that
FAT32 did not?
Richard
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Ol9qAdEsEHA.3520@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Richard,
>
> Many older programs have this type of problem in WinXP due to permissions.
>
> Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account [Q307091]
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307091
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Richard" <no-one.here@nospam.uk> wrote in message
> news:ckg5gm$nc8$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>I recently updated a Windows Me machine to XP and of course it inherited
>>the Windows Me programs and FAT32 disk structure. After a few issues I
>>was able to get the programs and devices working correctly.
>>
>> Once the system was stable I then converted the disk to NTFS.
>>
>> Then several programs stopped working with limited accounts and give a
>> range of error conditions, one starts up and runs but refuses to shut
>> down as "An unknown file cannot be updated" another give a much more
>> terse "Error 72 file write error"". Using the "Run as" clears the
>> problems but it is not a simple answer as one or two programs should run
>> on startup. It is not possible to trace the location of the files in
>> question as no file name is available to trace.
>>
>> Is there any easy way to restore the functions, (NOT go back to FAT32)
>> that have been lost with the NTFS conversion?
>>
>> Richard
>>
>
>

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