Acora Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 This has most likely been brought up before, but I haven't been able to find a thread that deals with it that has helped in the least. Whenever I download a torrent, I get the message "Error: Access is denied." From what I've read, this has something to do with my firewall, but I don't know how to change anything to fix the problem. I'm incredibly nontech-savvy, so I'm not sure how to solve this on my own. I have Windows Vista, and while I don't believe I've downloaded any new firewall programs, I have downloaded two alternate security programs, Norton Security Suite and Microsoft Security Essentials. MacAfee is also installed on the computer, but my subscription for it has long run out, since it came on the computer as default. Does anyone know how I can get it to stop denying access? Any help in advance would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 From what I've read, this has something to do with my firewallIt's not.Double-check the security properties of your download folder. Make sure your user account has full control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acora Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 From what I've read, this has something to do with my firewallIt's not.Double-check the security properties of your download folder. Make sure your user account has full control.Again, I'm completely lacking in any tech skills whatsoever. Therefore, I really don't know how to do either of those.Edit: Also, I know that's your standard response for this kind of thread, and after looking around, I can tell that you're most likely not going to reply back, but simply posting that and then ignoring the very large possibility that your users might not have as much tech knowledge as you do isn't really helpful. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acora Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Can someone who is actually interested in helping stop by and give me a bit of info, please? I know it's technically not your problem when it comes to tech issues outside of the program itself, but since I can't get the program to work, I'd really like some assistance. At least, some assistance that amounts to more then simply a copy-paste response and then silence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Properties of the folder - security tab - edit - add your user account - give it full control - apply to all subfolders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acora Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Properties of the folder - security tab - edit - add your user account - give it full control - apply to all subfolders.The 'full control' box is already checked for my user account. Thank you for returning, however. Anything else I can try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Was uTorrent running normally or as administrator when you were getting this error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acora Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Was uTorrent running normally or as administrator when you were getting this error?Got it working now. I had to reboot my PC and stop all other non-essential processes, then run it as an admin, but it's working now. Thanks for the help, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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