My wife had the same problem with Ancestry downloads and the temporary
folder.  The file was available there but its a pain to get to it. We
made Ancestry a trusted site to ease the security restriction and now
get a 'save to' dialogue. Actually she works on her own PC but all the
genealogical stuff is on mine and it is saved over the network ( it
suits our backup routines ).

Tom

That didn't work for me, Tom. The message is Vista's way of "protecting
me from myself." I've been using computers for years, and I resent the
hassle I've had with this new computer. I bought it only because my 11yo
XP Home machine had been failing for a year. Luckily it lasted til I got
my tax incentive from the govt. so I could afford a new, cheap machine.
If I had had the money, I would have had one built so I could have XP on
it. I just found out a week ago that my scanner isn't supported. (I only
use it occasionally so now I'll just have to do without.)

One of the things I resent, too, is that I have to go through so many
"Are you sure?" dialog boxes just to do the simplest things on this
computer.

Thanks for the help from a fellow genealogy researcher.

notageek

P.S. I had an HP Pavilion before and bought another one after watching
ads for a year til I found one I could afford. Then I found out there's
no tech support (except maybe by email), no disks (for example, the HP
Help tells me to see the manual for my monitor, but there is no manual
for the monitor--only basic PDF manuals for the computer)....

To take ownership of a file, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the file that you want to take ownership of, and then click Properties.
     2. Click the Security tab, and then click OK on the Security message (if one appears).
     3. Click Advanced, and then click the Owner tab.
     4. In the Name list, click Administrator, or click the Administrators group, and then click OK.

     The administrator or the Administrators group now owns the file. To change the permissions on the files and folders under this folder, go to step 5.
     5. Click Add.
     6. In the Enter the object names to select (examples) list, type the user or group account that you want to give access to the file. For example, type Administrator.
     7. Click OK.
     8. In the Group or user names list, click the account that you want, and then select the check boxes of the permissions that you want to assign that user.
     9. When you are finished assigning permissions, click OK.