While trying to transfer MP3 files from one computer on my network to the other, I was getting the error message: "Cannot copy... access is denied."
After lots of fiddling around with my firewall & router settings, I discovered that I could transfer some files but not others. All the files were in the same shared folder, and therefore I was baffled why I could only transfer some files.
I then tried to isolate similarities between the files that I could transfer and the files that I could not transfer. Finally, I discovered that I could transfer any file that was "Created or Modified" prior to April 25, 2005 - 11:30 pm.
I discovered this by doing the following:
*Arranged my MP3 folder file sorting by "Modified"
*Tried to copy dozens of individual files, one at a time, and being allowed copy access to every file right up until an MP3 file that was created/modified at 10:50pm on April 25, 2005
*When I got to an MP3 file that was created/modified at 11:30 pm on April 25, 2005, I was not able to copy that file, nor any of the several hundred files that were created/modified after that date
So it seems that something changed on my computer at around 11:00pm on April 25, 2005 that prevented any subsequent file saved in that same folder from being available for file transfer over my network.
I know it sounds really strange, but I think my conclusions are correct. I also checked the file "Attributes", "Advanced Attributes" and "Summary" information ('Protected: No') for the files that I could transfer and could not transfer, but they were all identical.
Does anyone have any clue what might have caused seemingly invisible change in file states?
Thanks,
Lan Fisher
After lots of fiddling around with my firewall & router settings, I discovered that I could transfer some files but not others. All the files were in the same shared folder, and therefore I was baffled why I could only transfer some files.
I then tried to isolate similarities between the files that I could transfer and the files that I could not transfer. Finally, I discovered that I could transfer any file that was "Created or Modified" prior to April 25, 2005 - 11:30 pm.
I discovered this by doing the following:
*Arranged my MP3 folder file sorting by "Modified"
*Tried to copy dozens of individual files, one at a time, and being allowed copy access to every file right up until an MP3 file that was created/modified at 10:50pm on April 25, 2005
*When I got to an MP3 file that was created/modified at 11:30 pm on April 25, 2005, I was not able to copy that file, nor any of the several hundred files that were created/modified after that date
So it seems that something changed on my computer at around 11:00pm on April 25, 2005 that prevented any subsequent file saved in that same folder from being available for file transfer over my network.
I know it sounds really strange, but I think my conclusions are correct. I also checked the file "Attributes", "Advanced Attributes" and "Summary" information ('Protected: No') for the files that I could transfer and could not transfer, but they were all identical.
Does anyone have any clue what might have caused seemingly invisible change in file states?
Thanks,
Lan Fisher
