disable read protect

This is a discussion about disable read protect in the Windows Software category; can some 1 please tell me how to turn off the read only protection on all files in win2k thanks

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can some 1 please tell me how to turn off the read only protection on all files in win2k
thanks

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right click on files
(ctrl-a to select all)
uncheck the option????
is this what u are looking for???
 
I think what your asking is ALL files
 
so....goto c:, hit ctrl a, right click on any file....turn of check.

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Yeah, but that doesn't work recursively on all files and directories. Try this instead:
 
Start -> Run -> 'cmd'
attrib -r c:\ /S /D
 
This will take a while
 
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Xiven

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Id this maybe a rights and permission issue in NTFS? Check the security tab on the file properties and see if you have write access.