all drives are read-only

[MattNeeley]

I've got a few machines here that I added to an active directory domain. Of about the 20 or so that have been added 2 list the entire contents of their hard drives as read-only and 1 lists every drive (network shares too) as read-only. Other then a complete reformat I don't know what to do about them. Forgive me if it's posted somewhere on these forums already, but, I searched a bit and didn't see it.

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
If you take them out of the domain, do the drives revert?

If so, check for a bad policy item in the domain..

 

[linney]

Here's some ideas for you to look at as far as Read only is concerned.


Cannot Change the Read-Only Attribute of System Folders

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q326549

http://www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=24940

HOW TO: Remove the Read-Only Attribute While You Copy Files from a CD-ROM in Windows 2000 (Q323002)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q323/0/02.asp

From a Command prompt use the ATTRIB command.
Displays or changes file attributes.
This command displays, sets, or removes the Read-Only, Archive, System, and Hidden attributes assigned to files or directories.

http://www.birdcagesoft.com/index1.html

ArcSet -- Win9x, NT4, Win2K, WinME, XP
If you ever copied files from a CD-ROM to your hard drive, you've probably noticed that those files will be set to read-only, preventing you from modifying them. Removing the read-only attribute by hand can get really tedious, especially if you're looking at hundreds or thousands of files. ArcSet is a utility that does the job for you. It can automatically reset file attributes on specified files on a drive or in a folder, even recursing through subfolders.


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