I can't save anything to my hard drive. I get a permissions denied message.

This problem showed up out of nowhere. It began right before I installed Lion. Installing Lion didn't fix the problem.
I am able to save work to my dropbox folder, but I can't save to my documents folder. I've tried restarting my computer. It didn't fix the problem.
Word, InDesign, Gimp--all return the same "permssions denied" error. Help!

If you are logged in as an aministrator, you can try this.
Right (control) click on your HD, from the menu select get info, in the sharing and permissions see if you have Read & Write permissions for admin,or if it is read only or  Write only dropbox.
Try entering your admin password and changing admin to Write and read. If the is option does not appear available, try changing system to read only then change admin to Write & Read, then go back to System and change that to write and read.

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