Just wanted to post this since I discovered it. I know some folks have discussed formatting flash drives using NTFS to get the extra file integrity stuff (since its a journaling file system). Well, it seems that Vista doesn't play very well with NTFS formatted flash drives. Just copying a BMP file from the Desktop to the drive pops up the UAC and requires admin permission. And some apps were having trouble writing back to the drive.
Anyone else seeing this? If this is just how it is, we should probably be sure people know about it.
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I have heard of this problem from other people with NTFS. I'm not exactly sure why it happens, but it seems that in order for Vista to read/write NTFS drives, it needs admin privilages. Just a warning to those with Vista and NTFS UFDs.
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Is there any way to take that with me? No? Give me 10 minutes... Maybe an hour...
I may have to rethink a project I'm working on for work as we're going to making the transition to Vista (eventually).
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I hope they wait until at least service pack 1. I feel bad for anyone forced to use it as their primary OS right now. I'm annoyed with it just testing software on it as my secondary OS on my laptop.
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I work in the DoD and therefore have zero say when they make that move. We'll see if they know WTF they're doing. We've had "issues" in the past.
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As far as NTFS drives and Vista goes...does the "Everyone" group still exist in Vista? If so, it may need to be given "full control" permissions at the root of the drive. That may alleviate the security pop-ups (just guessing).
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I'm pretty sure this isn't a Vista issue. By default (at least with the Windows utility), NTFS partitions are set to restrict write ability to admins and the original user (i.e. the user who formatted the partition). One can use the /NoSecurity switch with convert to make the partition open.
Note: convert is a CLI tool included with Windows that converts a FAT32 partition to NTFS.
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You're right. It was a permissions issue.
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I tried this out on my old 1GB drive. It had no UAC issues copying a file from the desktop.
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