I'm having some issues with a 2008 R2 server. It's a standalone server used for file storage only, no domains no AD or policies have been applied to it.
I have recently been getting access denied errors trying to create new files or folders on the data drive. I'm logged in as local administrator and have full access to everything.
I've spent the last 3 days searching for a solution but so far have not found one. Solutions so far have almost always suggested turning off UAC and resetting permissions on the affected files and folders but that has not solved the issue, UAC was already disabled and I've tried creating a new user group and adding the admin account to it, I've also removed all inherited permissions and manually specified all users and groups and 'everyone' as full access to no avail.
This did happen once before in the past with one network share and I can't remember what I did back then to solve it but somehow I did, but now all files and folders are having the issue on all network shares and drives (the server has 8 hard drives installed). I can move and rename files and folders fine without problems but I cannot create any new folders or files of any kind without getting access denied, I'm really stumped at this one and hoping someone here will be able to suggest a fix that I haven't already tried.
I have scoured the event logs but there's no sign of the issue there either.
Any help appreciated.