Hey, 

So I recently bought a desktop with Windows 8 on it (loving it so far!) and I used Easy Transfer/an external hardrive to get my files from my laptop (which runs windows 7) onto here, but now all the music, pictures, etc. I can not access, not even view/hear because it seems I don't have the proper permissions. Help please?

Thanks!

Solved it! 
So if anyone is having this problem, go back to your old PC, where the files originate from, and change the settings there. For Windows 7 you can click "Share With" at the top of the folder/library, and then select "Homegroup (Read/Write)". Once this is done, transfer your files (using Easy Transfer/what ever method) & at the end it asks for the old PC password. Enter it, and it will change the Permission settings for the files. 

Hope this solves your problems as well! :)