Stuck in READ/ONLY land!

This appears to be a common enough problem,that there should be come readily available solutions.

There is but nobody reads it. :cry:

http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/HELP-how-do-i-reomove-write-protected-message-from-my-16gb-flash/m-p/279906