Cannot open files on USB drives

When I insert a USB Flash Drive, it is recognized and assigned a Drive
Letter.
however when I try to access (open) it to transfer or read files I get the
message

"This Operation Has Been Cancelled Due to Restrictions in Effect on This
Computer. Please contact your system administrator"

I have tried looking at every check box that I can find to no avail.
Can anyone help?? OR point me to someone or a group that can?

Thanks
Mark

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Are you plugging the USB drive into your work computer (or a computer
that used to be a work computer)?

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Wrangler wrote:
> When I insert a USB Flash Drive, it is recognized and assigned a Drive
> Letter.
> however when I try to access (open) it to transfer or read files I get the
> message
>
> "This Operation Has Been Cancelled Due to Restrictions in Effect on This
> Computer. Please contact your system administrator"
>
> I have tried looking at every check box that I can find to no avail.
> Can anyone help?? OR point me to someone or a group that can?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>

Wrangler wrote:
> When I insert a USB Flash Drive, it is recognized and assigned a Drive
> Letter.
> however when I try to access (open) it to transfer or read files I get the
> message
>
> "This Operation Has Been Cancelled Due to Restrictions in Effect on This
> Computer. Please contact your system administrator"
>
> I have tried looking at every check box that I can find to no avail.
> Can anyone help?? OR point me to someone or a group that can?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
Are you disconnecting the USB using the 'safely remove hardware' icon?
I just recently started having issues with my thumb drive not showing up
after unplugging it. I've done it for years, but have now been told
both by MS and Dell that I have to use that tool. I do now, and
everything works.
PS. I got the ding dong too, telling me it was recognized, but in my
case the drive never showed up. A bit different than your issue, but
still, I ask the question as a stab in the dark.

Wrangler wrote:
> When I insert a USB Flash Drive, it is recognized and assigned a Drive
> Letter.
> however when I try to access (open) it to transfer or read files I get the
> message
>
> "This Operation Has Been Cancelled Due to Restrictions in Effect on This
> Computer. Please contact your system administrator"
>
> I have tried looking at every check box that I can find to no avail.
> Can anyone help?? OR point me to someone or a group that can?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>

Ran into a similar problem when my Motherboard died. Had a usb external
drive. I did a clean install on my new machine but then couldn't access
any of the files on my usb drive. Same as you describe.
Go here or do a google search for "Taking ownership of a folder".

http://mralan.blogspot.com/2005/04/h...of-folder.html

There is an article on the Microsoft support site but I can't locate the
url right now...

Good luck.....

It is a restriction set in the registry.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823732
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"Wrangler" <wrangler@qwest.org> wrote in message
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> When I insert a USB Flash Drive, it is recognized and assigned a Drive
> Letter.
> however when I try to access (open) it to transfer or read files I get the
> message
>
> "This Operation Has Been Cancelled Due to Restrictions in Effect on This
> Computer. Please contact your system administrator"
>
> I have tried looking at every check box that I can find to no avail.
> Can anyone help?? OR point me to someone or a group that can?
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
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