>Hello,
>
>for some reason I don't know we have write protected contacts in our
>public contacts folder. When I open one of these, it says
>"(write-protected)" after the contact's name in the title bar of the window
>and I cannot change and save these contacts.
>
>I am quite sure that it has nothing to do with other users who open the
>contacts at the same time because the contacts which are write-protected
>are always the same. Also the problem occurs when there is nobody in the
>office, besides me.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thank you!
>  Rainer

> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:53:22 +0100, Rainer Hubovsky
><hubov***@atlan.hubovsky.net> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>for some reason I don't know we have write protected contacts in our
>>public contacts folder. When I open one of these, it says
>>"(write-protected)" after the contact's name in the title bar of the
>>window and I cannot change and save these contacts.
>>
>>I am quite sure that it has nothing to do with other users who open the
>>contacts at the same time because the contacts which are write-protected
>>are always the same. Also the problem occurs when there is nobody in the
>>office, besides me.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Thank you!  Rainer
>
> It actually says the very words "Write-protected"?

>In article <u7jl1255r77f5sdv2t486ponj6dfjko***@4ax.com>, Mark Arnold [MVP]
>wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:53:22 +0100, Rainer Hubovsky
>><hubov***@atlan.hubovsky.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>for some reason I don't know we have write protected contacts in our
>>>public contacts folder. When I open one of these, it says
>>>"(write-protected)" after the contact's name in the title bar of the
>>>window and I cannot change and save these contacts.
>>>
>>>I am quite sure that it has nothing to do with other users who open the
>>>contacts at the same time because the contacts which are write-protected
>>>are always the same. Also the problem occurs when there is nobody in the
>>>office, besides me.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Thank you!  Rainer
>>
>> It actually says the very words "Write-protected"?
>
>No, it says the very german words "schreibgeschuetzt", which means that you
>can only read the contact but not modify it. "write-protected" was my poor
>translation. ;-)

> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:22:23 +0100, Rainer Hubovsky
><hubov***@atlan.hubovsky.net> wrote:
>
>>In article <u7jl1255r77f5sdv2t486ponj6dfjko***@4ax.com>, Mark Arnold [MVP]
>>wrote:
>>> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:53:22 +0100, Rainer Hubovsky
>>><hubov***@atlan.hubovsky.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>for some reason I don't know we have write protected contacts in our
>>>>public contacts folder. When I open one of these, it says
>>>>"(write-protected)" after the contact's name in the title bar of the
>>>>window and I cannot change and save these contacts.
>>>>
>>>>I am quite sure that it has nothing to do with other users who open the
>>>>contacts at the same time because the contacts which are write-protected
>>>>are always the same. Also the problem occurs when there is nobody in the
>>>>office, besides me.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you!  Rainer
>>>
>>> It actually says the very words "Write-protected"?
>>
>>No, it says the very german words "schreibgeschuetzt", which means that you
>>can only read the contact but not modify it. "write-protected" was my poor
>>translation. ;-)
>
> Ahh, ok. "read only" is probably closer to what they wanted to say
> which is OK now we know it's a translation disconnect.
>
> Anyway, who has permissions on that PF Contact folder? If you right
> click and select the properties of the folder and you don't see a
> permissions tab then you won't have perms to do much.
>
> If you're an Exchange admin you can go into Exchange System Manager
> and drill down to Public Folders towards the bottom of the screen. Get
> the properties of the folder and click "client permissions". This will
> tell you who can do what.
>
> What does it say there?
>