Sharepoint 2007 - Access Denied when you try to edit
I'v had this solution for a little while now but never wrote it down anywhere for people to see. Here is the situation: In a site collection, you make a new list/document library in any sub-site or the main website. You then add a new item/document to the folder, and then attempt to edit the item You then see something along the lines of "Access Denied" , even if you are on the system account. This happens with every new list you create on any site or subsite. Your problem is a corrupted field definition at the site collection level. Specifically the "Effective Permissions Mask" is missing an attribute in it's xml scheme - RenderXMLUsingPattern="TRUE" The fix comes in 3 steps: 1. Update your server to the most recent cumulative update package (Service pack 2 or greater). You can get more information about this from the Sharepoint team blog post on SP2 . Included in SP2 is a hotfix that prevents this from occurring ever again on any other site co