MS Windows is fucking weird.
I've got two accounts; an admin account with full access and a standard "user" account for emails/chats/wev/etc. The user account does not have access to USB storage but the admin account does.
Today I discovered that I cannot copy files to, delete files from, or format USB media UNLESS I am logged onto my user account on the same machine at the same time; If I'm just logged on as admin I get permission errors.
How the fuck does that work???
I'm being purposely facetious with the last part; obviously it's down to the beholder but, in my experience, I can actually troubleshoot most of the problems I encounter on Linux whereas on Windows I have to just keep trying nonsensical workarounds and pray that I can get it working SOMEWAY undocumented and then it doesn't work for everyone.
@renbymon Not knowing anything else, and having not touched Windows permissions since 7, that sounds to me like a Group Policy setting assumption meeting a messed up ACL at either the device or user account level, or vice versa.
The cherry on top of this is that, after telling my supervisor, he tells me that he has to do THE OPPOSITE for USB storage to work; it won't work if he's logged into his user account!
And people say Linux is inscrutable??