Flash Drives ALL Readonly?

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DanielWalters6

Got a little problem,

On one of my computers my flash drives all appear as ready only!

Anyone got any idea.

I first noticed it on a flash drive that had the option of "switching it on"
(a hardware switch), but this wasn't on.

I've since tried other flash drives, including a few other people's but they
are all appearing as read only. Which is fine most of the time, but I like to
run Thunderbird from my flash drive, so I can take my pop3/imap client with
me.

If anyone has any suggestion how I've done this, then please let me know.

I did think about reformatting the flash drive, but if it's happening to
everyone's it must be a problem with my windows installation....?


Any help would be appreciated, as I'm having to use another computer on the
network to put my files onto them.

TIA, Dan Walters
 
DanielWalters6 wrote:
> Got a little problem,
>
> On one of my computers my flash drives all appear as ready only!
>
> Anyone got any idea.
>
> I first noticed it on a flash drive that had the option of "switching it on"
> (a hardware switch), but this wasn't on.
>
> I've since tried other flash drives, including a few other people's but they
> are all appearing as read only. Which is fine most of the time, but I like to
> run Thunderbird from my flash drive, so I can take my pop3/imap client with
> me.
>
> If anyone has any suggestion how I've done this, then please let me know.
>
> I did think about reformatting the flash drive, but if it's happening to
> everyone's it must be a problem with my windows installation....?


Maybe this issue:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html#write_protected


Uwe
 
Thank you!

Solved it :)
--
Dan Walters


"Uwe Sieber" wrote:

> DanielWalters6 wrote:
> > Got a little problem,
> >
> > On one of my computers my flash drives all appear as ready only!
> >
> > Anyone got any idea.
> >
> > I first noticed it on a flash drive that had the option of "switching it on"
> > (a hardware switch), but this wasn't on.
> >
> > I've since tried other flash drives, including a few other people's but they
> > are all appearing as read only. Which is fine most of the time, but I like to
> > run Thunderbird from my flash drive, so I can take my pop3/imap client with
> > me.
> >
> > If anyone has any suggestion how I've done this, then please let me know.
> >
> > I did think about reformatting the flash drive, but if it's happening to
> > everyone's it must be a problem with my windows installation....?
>
>
> Maybe this issue:
> http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbtrouble_e.html#write_protected
>
>
> Uwe
>
 
DanielWalters6 wrote:
> Thank you!
>
> Solved it :)

:-)

Any idea how this policy came into your registry?
 
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