Can't copy files from Network Drive

Guys,

I'm logged into Vista as the administrator (only the one account was setup during install).

Anyway, for the first time since installing Vista, I decided to connect my 7-in-1 card reader and empty my flash card from my digital camera as there were some photos I wanted to send.

Vista recognised it as a "USB 2.0 Card Reader" but doesn't have any drivers loaded for it so I can't access the photos. Tried asking it to update the driver, giving it permission to go on-line. No luck.

So I then stuck the card reader into my Ubuntu box and copied the photos to a directory called "Photos" and then to a sub-directory called "Max" (for the photos from my camera) and a sub-directory called "Lesley" (for the photos from my wife's camera).

I then went back to my Windows machine and found this directory (Photos) in my mapped network drives and tried to copy it (not move it) to the Vista desktop. This bought up a dialogue box saying "You need permission to perform this action", along with the name of the file. The only options are "Try again" (which fails), "Skip" (which defeats my purpose) or "Cancel" (the only thing left).

I then thought it might be something to do with Vista protecting the desktop so I tried copying it to a directory within my Documents but had the same lack of success.

I then thought I might be still be able to email the photo, so I tried to attach a photo by navigating to the network drive and selecting my photo but that didn't work either.

Why won't Vista let me copy files from a network drive? Oh, and does anyone know what I can do regarding a driver for my generic 7-in-1 card reader that it recognises as such but can't find it's own driver for?

Thanks in advance.