Project Save Error - write access

I am using PPro CS3 on WinXP SP2 at a business. I have full admin rights on my computer as well as all network drives. When i open a project and select "Save" I get the error message: "Could not open the project file with write access. The file may be locked or you may not have permission to write to this location. Select 'Save As' from the file menu to save the project to a new location"
I can select "Save as" and rename with no problems - other than having 12 versions of the same file. My company's service desk have checked that i have full write access to all drives. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Brandon

Check the attributes on the network file folder aren't set to read-only.
Right click on the file folder, select 'Properties', make sure "Read-only" is unchecked, and click OK.
Seems to have done the trick for me.

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