Re: User Templates
From: ac (ac_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 06:39:03 -0700
The file is not read only. It is in a folder that grants all "users" all
security permissions except "full control" and "change" and "read" share
permission. That said, although the users cannot save changes, I am able to
save changes under my admin account.
Thanks.
"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:
> I hate to ask the obvious, but have you checked the files's attributes to
> see if someone accidentally set it to "read only?" Do the users have write
> access to the directory containing the file, including both the Sharing and
> Security tabs?
>
>
> "ac" <ac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DC84952F-0E77-4712-A9C1-08B7FA7DB91A@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Dave
> >
> > Before SBS2003 (all PCs running XP Pro) I had an Excel file set up as a
> > shared workbook so users on the network could make changes to it.
> > When we moved to SBS2003, I copied the file to a shared folder on the
> > server. Now when people open the file, they can make changes but when they
> > try to close the file the get notice that it's read only. I tried
> > uploading
> > the file to SharePoint to access it from there, but same message.
> >
> > AC
> >
> > "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Red X means the accounts are disabled. Since they're only the templates
> >> the
> >> "real" accounts are modeled after, disabled is the right status for them.
> >> You shouldn't make any changes to those, or to anything that appears to
> >> be a
> >> service or system account (like those HelpAssitant accounts on XP) in the
> >> absence of a specific reason to do so.
> >>
> >> Please describe the circumstances in which you're seeing "read only"
> >> spreadsheets. If they're on the network and User A opens the file, it
> >> will
> >> automatically open read-only for User B, to keep the same file from being
> >> edited simultaneously by two users. And, if you open them from the
> >> Outlook
> >> reading or preview pane, the file will become read-only at that time.
> >>
> >>
> >> "ac" <ac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:334CBB8D-FD84-4797-8713-E0B2D3AC6E3E@microsoft.com...
> >> > Why do the User Templates have a red X over the icon in Server
> >> > Management?
> >> > Could this affect my ability to share a spreadsheet and allow other
> >> > Users
> >> > to
> >> > make changes (I keep getting message that spreadsheet is read only,
> >> > even
> >> > though it's not)
> >> >
> >> > AC
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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