Re: Access denied for Administrator

From: MHTB Matt (Matt_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:03:05 -0800

I tried that and still get the same result. When I click the Security tab in
the Properties window for that folder(named 2004) I get the following message:

"You only have permission to view the security information for 2004"

Thanks for the reply though!

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> Logon as local administrator and take ownership.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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>
> "MHTBMatt" wrote:
> |I have a Windows 2000 Standard server with SP4 that is a member server of a
> | SBS 2003 domain. I have a data directory that nobody including the domain
> | administrator has access to. I get access denied when trying to
> change/delete
> | this folder or any of its child folders and files using the domain
> | administrator account.
> |
> | Also, the domain administrator can not change the access rights and only
> | has read permission when trying to change the access rights.
> |
> | I have no idea how this happened. Is there a way to reset access rights to
> a
> | default setting? I was able to copy the contents of the folder to a new
> | folder and the new folder works corectly for the access settings. I would
> | just like to delete the folder that gives me the error.
> |
>
>
>

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