bjherbison
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network file does not have modify
Below is a question I asked yesterday and marked as
a hard. Someone else with the problem found a solution
(at least temporarily): Delete the .pwl file for my account.
I needed to reenter all my passwords, but the problem
went away.
I'm re-entering the problem with this introdiction because
I would like some insite into what is going on. What
caused the problem? Will it happen again? What tools
can affect this behavor?
When I try to save a file download from a browser
(Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or Netscape 2.02)
I get a message of:
This network file does not have modify privileges.
Ask the network administrator to change this setting.
After I started having this problem I installed Notepad+
( http://lelystad.flnet.nl/~0meurs01/ ), and now it gets the
same error whenever I try to use it to create a new file.
As the network administrator, how do I find out what to
change?
Here's the full background:
Running Windows 95 (installed January 1996), I had
previously installed a DUN upgrade. I had disk problems
a couple of weeks ago and re-installed Windows 95.
I then installed DUN 1.2. Now I get the message above
when I click `save' to the `Save As' box from a `File Download' box. A
zero-length file is created. If the file
already exists (e.g., second try) and I choose `replace
existing file' I get a popup that says
`Cannot create or replace .....: Cannot find the specified
file. Make sure you specify the correct path and filename.'.
Notepad+ works slighty differently from the browsers: After
the first failure, trying to save (overwrite) the same file name
works.
I've looked through all the dial-up networking
documentation and option screens, and every other option
screen I can think of. I looked through the policy editor
and nothing seemed appropriate. I looked a few places in
the registry and didn't see anything strange.
I searched on the web and usenet and all I found was
other people who have the same problem and don't know
what to do. A response to someone elses usenet question
suggested not using a LAN connection, but I can't find
any sign of a LAN connection on my machine. One
person I contacted said that the problem went away after
some number of software installs, but he wasn't sure
what did it. (This is a hard problem to search for as the
words in the error message are all common words.)
What trick have I missed?
Thank you,
B.J.
a hard. Someone else with the problem found a solution
(at least temporarily): Delete the .pwl file for my account.
I needed to reenter all my passwords, but the problem
went away.
I'm re-entering the problem with this introdiction because
I would like some insite into what is going on. What
caused the problem? Will it happen again? What tools
can affect this behavor?
When I try to save a file download from a browser
(Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or Netscape 2.02)
I get a message of:
This network file does not have modify privileges.
Ask the network administrator to change this setting.
After I started having this problem I installed Notepad+
( http://lelystad.flnet.nl/~0meurs01/ ), and now it gets the
same error whenever I try to use it to create a new file.
As the network administrator, how do I find out what to
change?
Here's the full background:
Running Windows 95 (installed January 1996), I had
previously installed a DUN upgrade. I had disk problems
a couple of weeks ago and re-installed Windows 95.
I then installed DUN 1.2. Now I get the message above
when I click `save' to the `Save As' box from a `File Download' box. A
zero-length file is created. If the file
already exists (e.g., second try) and I choose `replace
existing file' I get a popup that says
`Cannot create or replace .....: Cannot find the specified
file. Make sure you specify the correct path and filename.'.
Notepad+ works slighty differently from the browsers: After
the first failure, trying to save (overwrite) the same file name
works.
I've looked through all the dial-up networking
documentation and option screens, and every other option
screen I can think of. I looked through the policy editor
and nothing seemed appropriate. I looked a few places in
the registry and didn't see anything strange.
I searched on the web and usenet and all I found was
other people who have the same problem and don't know
what to do. A response to someone elses usenet question
suggested not using a LAN connection, but I can't find
any sign of a LAN connection on my machine. One
person I contacted said that the problem went away after
some number of software installs, but he wasn't sure
what did it. (This is a hard problem to search for as the
words in the error message are all common words.)
What trick have I missed?
Thank you,
B.J.
ASKER
I have no LAN, just one Windows 95 system
connected to my provider via PPP. There are
two hard disks, each with one partition, and the
save fails on both partitions.
connected to my provider via PPP. There are
two hard disks, each with one partition, and the
save fails on both partitions.
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ASKER
Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not going to that
much effort now. I will come back to it if the problem
comes back and doesn't go away when the password
file is deleted.
much effort now. I will come back to it if the problem
comes back and doesn't go away when the password
file is deleted.
ASKER
It turns out the answer was off-base.
First, the real problem was add-on software. I'm running
Nuts & Bolts and one program it installs causes the problem.
This is fixed in release 1.03. (The program is Trash Guard.
It watches file deletes from programs and moves the files
into the recycle bin rather than deleting them.) Dennis
can't be blambed for not guessing this -- I didn't list all of
the software I have (which is a large amount).
Second, I disagree with Dennis on the utility of DUN 1.2.
I don't know it it affects performance, but it affects
connecting. Before DUN 1.2 I couldn't start any program
while dialing or connecting or I was almost certain to have
a connection failure. After installing 1.2 I can start anything
I want and have no problem connecting. (This was not
due to a simultaneous change at my provider. My provider
has had both good and bad periods before and after DUN
1.2 and the symptoms were different, and I've compared
notes with other people using the same provider.)
First, the real problem was add-on software. I'm running
Nuts & Bolts and one program it installs causes the problem.
This is fixed in release 1.03. (The program is Trash Guard.
It watches file deletes from programs and moves the files
into the recycle bin rather than deleting them.) Dennis
can't be blambed for not guessing this -- I didn't list all of
the software I have (which is a large amount).
Second, I disagree with Dennis on the utility of DUN 1.2.
I don't know it it affects performance, but it affects
connecting. Before DUN 1.2 I couldn't start any program
while dialing or connecting or I was almost certain to have
a connection failure. After installing 1.2 I can start anything
I want and have no problem connecting. (This was not
due to a simultaneous change at my provider. My provider
has had both good and bad periods before and after DUN
1.2 and the symptoms were different, and I've compared
notes with other people using the same provider.)
Thanks for the info. I knew there was more than one reason I don't care for prgrams like medic, nuts n bolts and a few others. On the DUN issue, I don't disagree with you, it's just that M$ doesn't really provide the type of info necessary to really tweak your DUN connection. Even attending their classes and being certified doesn't give you all that you need or the references to get the info either. I have DUN 1.2b as well as parts of the ISDN accelerator pack (no I don't have ISDN on this machine) and I have MaxMTU as well. Mine works perfectly, however it would take several pages to tell you how it was setup and the ton of different files I've changed. For testing I can switch between a 33.6 and 56k modems in the same machine. I can do 33.2 and 55.2 respectively one moment and 31.6 and 51.2 the next all on the same ISP. Go figure!
Dennis
Dennis
do you have a lan??