FOLDERS are neither read-only nor not read-only. Only FILES can be
read-only. Note that the 'Read-only' box when looking at a folder is a
filled in box NOT a check.

"Ty" <tbarton@lewistownhospital.org> wrote in message
news:9b40327e-945a-4cb4-ae00-1c3c46a7b190@y9g2000yqg.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> I am using Vista Ultimate which I have had for a year. I have just
> reinstalled the OS to fix some development issues I was having with
> other software which I have done a couple times in the PC's history
> without issue.
>
> Just some more background I installed everything with a local admin
> account. I then joined my domain with a non domain admin account but
> did give the user local admin rights.
>
> Now the problem is that all my folders are marked as read only and I
> cannot change it regardless if I am logged in locally or with the
> domain. I have never had this issue before.
>
> The only thing I did differently then any time before was I turned off
> the users control trying to solve a issue with a DB when logged in as
> the domain user, but turned it back on when that did not resolve the
> issue.
>
> Something stinks is Vistaville.
>
> Ty[/color]