K Kamuix New Member May 24, 2006 #1 All of my folder in my hardrive have been set to Readonly...But when I unselect it...It just goes back to Readonly after I close and reopen the window. what caused this and how can I fix it. Thanks for any help!
All of my folder in my hardrive have been set to Readonly...But when I unselect it...It just goes back to Readonly after I close and reopen the window. what caused this and how can I fix it. Thanks for any help!
SFR Truth fears no questions May 24, 2006 #2 The first thing to check is if spy/ad/malware or a virus is to blame.
P PC eye banned May 24, 2006 #3 "You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of Folders" http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326549 "How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders in Windows XP" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419 Besides running a few removers on your system like Spybot search+destroy, http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ Windows Defender beta 2, http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Lavasoft's AdAware SE Personal, http://www.lavasoft.com Grisoft's AVG 7.1 Free edition, http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 and a few others that could be advised look over the two MS links to see if those tips will correct this.
"You Cannot View or Change the Read-Only or System Attribute of Folders" http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326549 "How to set, view, change, or remove special permissions for files and folders in Windows XP" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;308419 Besides running a few removers on your system like Spybot search+destroy, http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ Windows Defender beta 2, http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx Lavasoft's AdAware SE Personal, http://www.lavasoft.com Grisoft's AVG 7.1 Free edition, http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 and a few others that could be advised look over the two MS links to see if those tips will correct this.