The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    File permissions

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nickc24, Sep 4, 2009.

  1. nickc24

    nickc24 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    139
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Why does it not let me change files in windows and windows\system32? I am an admin, but some of the permissions are not full and they are all greyed out, it is my system I should be able to do what I want, anyone know how to change this?

    I have copied all the .dll and .sys files from vista and hoping that I can copy them into the system32 folder of windows 7 but at the moment it says access denied.

    I am trying to get my 6 channel audio working because at the moment it is 2 channel and incorrect.
     
    nickc24, Sep 4, 2009
    #1
  2. Szadzik

    Szadzik Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    162
    Messages:
    536
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I assume you are logged in to an admin?

    P.S. Is it built in 6 channel audio or external?
    What are these dlls? I have 6 channel audio in my laptop and would like to know if there is anything I can do to improve the quality.
     
    Szadzik, Sep 4, 2009
    #2
  3. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,972
    Messages:
    7,788
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    because you don't OWN the files, the system does (they are in system32, not? :) they belong to the system, thus).

    you have to change the owner of the files.

    but it's not recomented practise. better uninstall the audio, reinstall, try a different driver, or maybe you just haven't found the special control panel of the driver yet?

    you should never need to mess physically with the system32 folder.
     
    davepermen, Sep 4, 2009
    #3
  4. gazzacbr

    gazzacbr Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    49
    Messages:
    443
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    @nickc24: as above posters say, you shouldnt mess with windows files, :no: but if you want to.......
    unzip this file and merge InstallTakeOwnership.reg to registry. this will give you a 'take ownership' right click option. use it wisely ;)
    do i need to explain RemoveTakeOwnership.reg? :rolleyes:
     

    Attached Files:

    gazzacbr, Sep 4, 2009
    #4
  5. nickc24

    nickc24 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    139
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30


    Hi
    Yea Its built in 5.1 speakers (acer 8930G). I am having a lot of trouble trying to sort this out and just cannot do it, been 2 days now and I really need to ge back to work but I cannot do tha until I install all my software etc but I cannot do that until I decide to stick with windows 7 or back to visa! Mess!

    Basically what I was doing was copying files from system 32 (I went to device manager and got the file locations) onto dvd and then put them into system 32 on windows 7 to see IF it would fix my issue, not got a clue if itwold work.

    I know that windows vista 32 bit and 64 bit recognises my sound setup and everything works fine in acer arcade deluxe so that was my thinking.

    Everything is working in windows 7 apart from this one thing, which is really weird becaus in windows it gives me the option to choose 5.1 speakers and test them - they work. But in acer arcade deluxe it says 2 channel audio (but in vista it says 6) so maybe it is a software issue, maybe not. Im just lost with it all lol
     
    nickc24, Sep 4, 2009
    #5