Microsoft Works Not Saving Where I Want To

[dazuk1972]

I'm using Windows 7 as well as Microsoft Works and I have four hard drives. Things were fine at first and something odd is happening now. When I type out a document and I want to save it in one of my external hard drives, it won't let me. It keeps on telling me I don't have permission to save in that location, then it's asking me to contact the administrator for permission. It also keeps asking me if I want to save in a folder that has my name on it. Why is it telling me I don't have permission to save in any of my external hard drives now when they are mine and I can save documents whereever I like? Why can I only save them in my internal hard drive all of a sudden?

Many thanks.

[UncasMS]

Do you use any third-party antivirus or firewall software or was Live OneCare installed/updated recently?

[doctorhardware]

I know that MS did an update, I think it was yesterday.

[dazuk1972]

Do you use any third-party antivirus or firewall software or was Live OneCare installed/updated recently?

I only have one Anti-Virus and Firewall programme. I don't recall Live OneCare installed.

[dazuk1972]

I know that MS did an update, I think it was yesterday.

Why would Microsoft create and release an update that only allows us to save documents in the C-Drive? Are they proving themselves to be more stupid? They must know people have more than one hard drive and documents will need to be saved elsewhere. I thought of copying and pasting a document from my C-Drive but I don't want to risk it encase the update will corrupt things.

[UncasMS]

- it could be your antivirus tool

- make a backup of your files to another directory or rather drive (if possible)

- try to open and save the copied file

- maybe try to open and "save as" with slightly DIFFERENT name!

- use OpenOffice

[dazuk1972]

- it could be your antivirus tool

- make a backup of your files to another directory or rather drive (if possible)

- try to open and save the copied file

- maybe try to open and "save as" with slightly DIFFERENT name!

- use OpenOffice

I tried different names and it still fails. I can save my documents to my other hard drives by overwriting but not with new ones.