Can't change file ownership.

To be careful, I did a new install of Lion on a freshly formatted disk (by installing SL first, of course). One of the first things I tried was Aperture. My Aperture Library is on a separate (SS) disk. When I tried to launch Aperture, it knew where to look for the file (I used Migration Assistant to transfer preferences) but it said it could not open it because of some ownership problem. (I can not say exactly what, because now it will open - I don't know what changed.) However, I still can't change the ownership. Get Info thinks that the owner is the new dummy user I created when I first set up Lion (before Migration assistant), when I try to change the owner with the gear popup at the bottom of "Aperture Library Info", I get the error message "The operation can't be completed. An unexpected error occurred (error code -8076)."
"Unexpected", of course, is subjective. There is a reason I didn't jump to updating my system disk! I haven't tried repairing permissions, but I'm not optimistic about that.
When an "unexpected" error occurs, why doesn't it trigger an automatic report to Apple?

This program you recommend is fugly and complicated...
You should see the other way to do it!
Most likely...
When the 1st screen comes up, look for the Browse button, select the FAT drive, give it a Share Name, click the Windows (SMB) sharing bar & select Shared , enter your admin PW, click on "Show File System Properties", check Inherit Permissins, give the rights you need...
Any more questions after you Update Share...

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