Copying *NEW* files over my network?!?[MOVED FROM WINDOWS]

nogills · 03-24-2008, 08:47 PM

Hey guys, this has been bothering me for SO long, please help!!. Ok, so on my home network, I have my Vista laptop (which is the computer I'm on now, and mainly use) and an XP Desktop machine. I use my XP computer to download all of my music, so whenever I get new music, I want to transfer it to my laptop. On my laptop, I have a shortcut to my desktop's music folder, which is a shared folder, so I can easily transfer songs and what not. Here is my problem: Whenever I try to copy/transfer a NEW song from my desktop over to my laptop, an error comes up saying "You need permission to perform this action". The reason I bolded "new" is because the error only comes up when I try to copy a new song over to my laptop! If I copy a song older than around 2 weeks, it works perfectly, no errors or anything. Trust me, I have all the sharing options enabled and everything like that. The new songs are able to be shared and they aren't "read only". So whenever I get a new song and need to put it on my laptop, I always have to go on my desktop computer, copy and paste the song (make a duplicate) to another shared network folder, then go on my laptop and copy it from there, and that works. I have no idea why. So my question in a nutshell, why can I not transfer NEW songs from one computer to another, unless I make a duplicate of the file, over my home network?

-Taylor

Vab10 · 03-25-2008, 10:28 AM

So your problem seems to be that creating new files is not enabled. You have the permission to overwrite like you have said... When you shared the folder, are you sure you checked the box stating you can edit the folder and not just read it?

nogills · 03-25-2008, 01:02 PM

What do you mean creating new files is not enabled? Ill download a song and it will go into the My Music folder just fine. Its just when I try to copy that new song onto my laptop over the network, thats when I get that error.

nogills · 03-25-2008, 01:03 PM

Ok, when I right click a file that WILL COPY with no problem, select properties, then go over to the security tab, this is what it looks like. Remember, this is a file the WILL copy, one that is older than 2 weeks old.

When I right click on one of the NEW songs, than WILL NOT copy over, and go to properties, then security tab, this is what it looks like.

If I click the advanced button, another window comes up and it says "You do not have permission to view or edit this object's permission settings." That window has 4 tabs: Permissions, Auditing, Owner, and Effective Permissions.

Im not really sure what to do at this point, like how to change the permissions the correct way or whatever. I don't understand why the old song and the new song have different permission settings??!?

03-24-2008, 08:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
nogills Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 8 OS: vista	*Copying NEW* files over my network?!?[MOVED FROM WINDOWS] Hey guys, this has been bothering me for SO long, please help!!. Ok, so on my home network, I have my Vista laptop (which is the computer I'm on now, and mainly use) and an XP Desktop machine. I use my XP computer to download all of my music, so whenever I get new music, I want to transfer it to my laptop. On my laptop, I have a shortcut to my desktop's music folder, which is a shared folder, so I can easily transfer songs and what not. Here is my problem: Whenever I try to copy/transfer a NEW** song from my desktop over to my laptop, an error comes up saying "You need permission to perform this action". The reason I bolded "new" is because the error only comes up when I try to copy a new song over to my laptop! If I copy a song older than around 2 weeks, it works perfectly, no errors or anything. Trust me, I have all the sharing options enabled and everything like that. The new songs are able to be shared and they aren't "read only". So whenever I get a new song and need to put it on my laptop, I always have to go on my desktop computer, copy and paste the song (make a duplicate) to another shared network folder, then go on my laptop and copy it from there, and that works. I have no idea why. So my question in a nutshell, why can I not transfer NEW songs from one computer to another, unless I make a duplicate of the file, over my home network? -Taylor

03-25-2008, 10:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vab10 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 52 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate	*Re: Copying NEW* files over my network?!?** So your problem seems to be that creating new files is not enabled. You have the permission to overwrite like you have said... When you shared the folder, are you sure you checked the box stating you can edit the folder and not just read it?

03-25-2008, 01:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
nogills Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 8 OS: vista	*Re: Copying NEW* files over my network?!?** What do you mean creating new files is not enabled? Ill download a song and it will go into the My Music folder just fine. Its just when I try to copy that new song onto my laptop over the network, thats when I get that error.

03-25-2008, 01:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
nogills Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 8 OS: vista	*Re: Copying NEW* files over my network?!?** Ok, when I right click a file that WILL COPY with no problem, select properties, then go over to the security tab, this is what it looks like. Remember, this is a file the WILL copy, one that is older than 2 weeks old. When I right click on one of the NEW songs, than WILL NOT copy over, and go to properties, then security tab, this is what it looks like. If I click the advanced button, another window comes up and it says "You do not have permission to view or edit this object's permission settings." That window has 4 tabs: Permissions, Auditing, Owner, and Effective Permissions. Im not really sure what to do at this point, like how to change the permissions the correct way or whatever. I don't understand why the old song and the new song have different permission settings??!?