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General access denied error message playing media files

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by catania62, 2008/08/02.

  1. 2008/08/02
    catania62

    catania62 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I recently changed hard drives making my old one a slave. It has my media files on it, avi, etc files, but I now cannot play any of them. I get a general access denied error. I copied them over to the new drive but still the same results.
    It has something to do with this change, how and where they were created under because when I change back, slave to master, they play fine. I tried 3 different players all the same so it is not the player.
    Anyone know of a security fix for this. I assume that is what is causing it. Thanks in advance.
     
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    mickzer

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    catania62

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    Thanks for the reply but I have full rights and permissions and still doesn't allow me to run them. I can view all of the files.
    Some additional info these files were encripted when they were on the slave drive. I can decript them but it doesn't change the results.
    Other media files in other folders still work.
    Hoping someone else has run across this and knows if there is a fix.
     
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    catania62

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    After reading extensively about it, I solved my problem, in case anyone else changes drives, the fix was switching my slave back to master, then exporting the security certificate and private key that goes along with it to a floppy. See Microsoft article 241201.

    I then switched back and imported that into this drive by using internet explorer/tools/options/content/certificates/import.

    If you take a drive off line, and have ecrypted files on it, and copy them over, you must do this before you remove that drive.
     

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