read only in windows 10 directories. main hd and external

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       #121

    simrick said:
    I have to agree with you there, and they would have been changed the minute I found the keylogger, from a known clean computer, and that hard drive would have been wiped squeaky clean for a fresh install.


    Oh! LOL Sorry, but I have to laugh - I so know the feeling!



    I think also you may find this, if the permissions are for another user from a different computer; files copied over with their permissions/attributes to an external, then plugged into another computer?

    I can only laugh too :)......It's gotten bad enough I started dodging his calls until I knew I had time to deal with it :) , hopefully the New Passport will solve all my wasted time....


    Actually I have read of the Permissions Issue from Another "User" with a Drive used on several Computers too.


    KB.
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  2. Posts : 221
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    Thread Starter
       #122

    simrick said:
    I have to agree with you there, and they would have been changed the minute I found the keylogger, from a known clean computer, and that hard drive would have been wiped squeaky clean for a fresh install.


    Oh! LOL Sorry, but I have to laugh - I so know the feeling!
    however, i had used the external drive prior, which would have had winrar's zip file. i am not sure if the keylogger was already there, but i assume so. the trojan was later there. i believe it was there after the read-only issue. these have been quarantined, but now i don't remember. But i know it all started to happen when win 10 was updated. it is possible that those occurred at the same time, but i feel like that specific trojan probably came later.

    I think also you may find this, if the permissions are for another user from a different computer; files copied over with their permissions/attributes to an external, then plugged into another computer?
    Actually I have read of the Permissions Issue from Another "User" with a Drive used on several Computers too.


    KB.
    i am not sure. Note: on the passport, i did copy the files on the Passport from my failed hard drive. However, i think maybe i was able to write onto that drive. The failed hard drive was read-only itself, and i had to alter permissions from windows 10 in order to copy to the passport. But the other one was a seagate drive, and started to become read only, but wasn't fully. but i think on the passport, it was not read only.. but original hard drive it was copied from was.. there is a backup directory on that drive that the drive was previously used for that is inaccessible. i think that it also may have an image file.
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  3. Posts : 221
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    Thread Starter
       #123

    if i do an in-place upgrade, and select personal files and apps, how much of those files will be retained? will it retain music, photos, downloads, and program files/data, installs, appdata, etc? what about registry keys?
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       #124

    JoshuaM said:
    if i do an in-place upgrade, and select personal files and apps, how much of those files will be retained? will it retain music, photos, downloads, and program files/data, installs, appdata, etc? what about registry keys?
    A repair install with an in-place upgrade, choosing to retain all files and apps, will keep everything.
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  5. Posts : 2,324
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       #125

    simrick said:
    A repair install with an in-place upgrade, choosing to retain all files and apps, will keep everything.
    All User Files are Retained , you lose some Windows settings and customization , and I believe the registry is redone too which would make sense on a reinstall but do some more research is that aspect is really important to you for some reason.

    KB
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  6. Posts : 221
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       #126

    Kbird said:
    All User Files are Retained , you lose some Windows settings and customization , and I believe the registry is redone too which would make sense on a reinstall but do some more research is that aspect is really important to you for some reason.

    KB
    how about installed fonts? also, if i had copied font files into the font directory before, would that have made any problems, instead of simply installing them? i don't remember how i had installed them when i had moved them from the external drive to the new system. there were so many..
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  7. Posts : 2,324
    Win10
       #127

    not 100% sure but AFAIK Custom Fonts are removed ......just don't know if what you have done means they are "custom"

    but that brings up a question though....where did you get them and are you sure they were 100% virus / malware Clean ?


    KB
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  8. Posts : 221
    windows 10 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #128

    Kbird said:
    not 100% sure but AFAIK Custom Fonts are removed ......just don't know if what you have done means they are "custom"

    but that brings up a question though....where did you get them and are you sure they were 100% virus / malware Clean ?


    KB
    my fonts are generally from font site that might have a free font of the day, etc. it might be dafont.com or sites like that, or sometimes i might have got them from adobe or linda.com i think.
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  9. Posts : 2,324
    Win10
       #129

    You can Copy all the Fonts to another Folder , say in Documents\Fonts for safe keeping if you want to.....

    CP>Fonts>Select All>RC>Copy go to new Fonts folder in Documents and RC>PASTE......

    KB
    Last edited by Kbird; 12 Oct 2016 at 15:05.
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  10. Posts : 221
    windows 10 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #130

    okay, then, the repair installation recommends various download links.. will this affect the registered windows that i have? which should i use to also retain the current registration that came on the system?
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