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Originally Posted by jazzbo
I'm not quite sure what you mean by logging in as the real administrator account. ".
Win7 whats it all about .
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are Hard
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/windows-7/
Going with the Flow ,but the water is low and the rocks are Hard
If it's not too late, I had a very similar problem when I copied and backed up my data folders and then reformatted and installed WIN XP on my computer. Well, I forgot to change the security settings on data folders (I was the only user allowed access). If you are using Windows XP Pro, the solution is pretty simple.
Here is how I fixed it:
Right click the folder you are having trouble with and select Sharing & Security.
Click the Security Tab
Click the advanced box
On the screen that pops up, select the "owner" tab.
Highlight the user you currently are, and check mark the box at the bottom that says "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".
Agree to everything in the next couple of boxes that pop up and you are in.
Hope this helps you.
Geff
Here is how I fixed it:
Right click the folder you are having trouble with and select Sharing & Security.
Click the Security Tab
Click the advanced box
On the screen that pops up, select the "owner" tab.
Highlight the user you currently are, and check mark the box at the bottom that says "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".
Agree to everything in the next couple of boxes that pop up and you are in.
Hope this helps you.
Geff
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Originally Posted by gefflong 
If it's not too late, I had a very similar problem when I copied and backed up my data folders and then reformatted and installed WIN XP on my computer. Well, I forgot to change the security settings on data folders (I was the only user allowed access). If you are using Windows XP Pro, the solution is pretty simple.
Here is how I fixed it:
Right click the folder you are having trouble with and select Sharing & Security.
Click the Security Tab
Click the advanced box
On the screen that pops up, select the "owner" tab.
Highlight the user you currently are, and check mark the box at the bottom that says "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects".
Agree to everything in the next couple of boxes that pop up and you are in.
Hope this helps you.
Geff
Your solution worked wonderfully. I happened upon this forum while looking for an answer to the same problem Jazzbo had. I don't have XP pro though so I found out that starting home edition in safe mode gives you some of the Pro edition security options that you mentioned. I was able to get into my folder and save all my data.
Thank you for the solutions posted to this thread.
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